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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
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...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor 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