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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...

