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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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