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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston