You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

