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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

