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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School 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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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