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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
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...
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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