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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
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
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

