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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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