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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
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