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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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