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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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