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 Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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