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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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