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...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
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
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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