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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

