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...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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