You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston