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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

