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