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
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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