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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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