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
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

