You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
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...

