You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown