You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

