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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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...

