You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
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...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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