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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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