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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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