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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
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