You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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