You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor 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