You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

