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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
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Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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