You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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
