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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
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 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...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital 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