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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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