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
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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