You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
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