You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

