You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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