You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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...

