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

