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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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