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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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