You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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