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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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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?
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Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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