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 Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

