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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
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