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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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