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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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