You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown