You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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