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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown