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...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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