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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Dead Good Walks
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If youโre here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case youโre...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

