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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If youโre here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case youโre...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
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...

