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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
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 Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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