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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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