Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Twin Cities Area
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital 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