You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

