You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

