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
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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