You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

