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...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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