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...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
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