You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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