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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
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