You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

