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