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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If youโve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
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...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindstrรถm. It is the oldest...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If youโre here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case youโre...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butlerโs interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

