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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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