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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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