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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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