You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

