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...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

