You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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