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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
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