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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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