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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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