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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
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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