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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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