You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

