Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Twin Cities Area
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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