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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...

