You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...

