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