You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

