You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...

