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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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