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...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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