You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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