You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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