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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...

