You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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