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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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