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