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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

