You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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