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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
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
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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