You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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...
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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