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