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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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