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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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