You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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