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
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...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

