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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
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
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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