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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
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 you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
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