Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Twin Cities Area
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

