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...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

