You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

