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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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