You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

