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...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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