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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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
