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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

