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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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