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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
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...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Eloise Butler?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

