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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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