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