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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

