Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Twin Cities Area
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City