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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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