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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...

