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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After 120 years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening of July 29th, 1895...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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