You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

