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...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
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