You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his motherโs death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy OโBrien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...

