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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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