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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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