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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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