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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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