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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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