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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

