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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

