You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

