You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
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
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston