You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
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