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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

