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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
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