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 Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
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 Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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