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
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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