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
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
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
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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