You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

