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...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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