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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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