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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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