You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City