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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
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...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

