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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

