You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Old Brewery In Preston