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...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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