You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac 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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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