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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

