You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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