You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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