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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
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...
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

