You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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