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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

