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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

