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...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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