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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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