You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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