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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
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
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown