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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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