You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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