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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

