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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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