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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

