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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
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...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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