You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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