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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

