You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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