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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

