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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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