You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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