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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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