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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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