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