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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

