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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

