You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
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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