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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

