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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown