You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

