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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
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
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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