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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
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...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If youโre here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case youโre...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdingerโs grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesotaโs biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

