You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

