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...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

