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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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