You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

