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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
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