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
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
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
Old Brewery In Preston