You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston