You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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