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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown