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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

