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 Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If youโre here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case youโre...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesotaโs biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

