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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial 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