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
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Old Brewery In Preston