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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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