You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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