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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital 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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston