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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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