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. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

