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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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