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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

