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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
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 Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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