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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...

