You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
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
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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