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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesotaโs most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Exploring Ottawa
Donโt you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If youโre here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case youโre...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy OโBrien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

