You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

