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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

