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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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