You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

