You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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