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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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