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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown