You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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