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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

