You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

