You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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