You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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