You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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