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...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

