You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston