You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

