You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...

