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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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