You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 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?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

