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
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 John Beargrease?
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 Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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