You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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