You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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