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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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