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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

