You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...

