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 Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

