You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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