You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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