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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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