You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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