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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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