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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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