You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...

