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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
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