You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
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...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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