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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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