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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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