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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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