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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
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
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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