You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

