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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

