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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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
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