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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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