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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

