You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

