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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor 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