You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

