You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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