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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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