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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
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...
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

