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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

