You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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...
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston