You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

