You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

