Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Twin Cities Area
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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