You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
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...
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
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

