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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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