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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial 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