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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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