You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
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...
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

