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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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