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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

