You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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