You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

