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