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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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