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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

