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