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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
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