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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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