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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...

