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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
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...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
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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