You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Wilder Public Baths
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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