You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
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...

