You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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