You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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