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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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