You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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