You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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