You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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