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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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