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