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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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