You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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