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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
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...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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