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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
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 Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

