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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
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
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

