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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...

