You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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