You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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