You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

