You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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