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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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