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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
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...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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