You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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