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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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