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...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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