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
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...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

