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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City