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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
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
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

