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How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
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
Old Brewery In Preston