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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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