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...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

