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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If youโre here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case youโre...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
Itโs clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

