Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Twin Cities Area
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

