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

