You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company 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...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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