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
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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