You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

