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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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