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
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
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
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In 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