You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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...
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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