It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
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...

