You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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