You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

