You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...

