You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
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...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

