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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isnโt clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If youโre here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case youโre...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

