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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

