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
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...

