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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

