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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

