You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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