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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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