You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

