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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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