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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...

