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