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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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