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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown