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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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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