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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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