You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

