You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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