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