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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

