You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
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...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

