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...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If youโre here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case youโre...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butlerโs interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you ๐ 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...

