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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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