You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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