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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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...
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
Old Brewery In Preston