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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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