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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

