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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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