A view toward what was once an immigrant community in Minneapolis called Bohemian Flats, now a park (photo taken April 2013). Bonus photo: Bohemain Flats circa 1900 when there were still houses there. See more photos here. Minneapolis' Bohemian Flats Bohemian Flats circa 1900 (courtesy of Hennepin County Museum)
Downtown St. Paul (Minnesota) through the Smith Avenue High Bridge (photo taken Aug 2011). Downtown St. Paul, Minnesota
While Homer, Minnesota isn't quite the buzzing river town that it was once, it is still home to one of the oldest extant houses along the Upper Mississippi. The home of Willard and Matilda Bunnell was built in the 1850s in a style that some have called "Steamboat Gothic." Bunnell was one of the early
Decoys have come a long way. In Wabasha, Minnesota, just off the Great River Road, the Loon Lake Decoy Company sells decoys that are so beautiful that you'll be more inclined to place it on a prominent shelf in your home than to float it in the water to attract waterfowl. Look for the stunning
Vento Nature Sanctuary offers a slice of born-again nature in the midst of an old urban core. Sandwiched between railroad tracks and bluffs (and very near the Mississippi River), the 29 acres are part of a former industrial area that is slowing returning to a natural state. The site includes the cave known to the
Rising high above the flat Minneapolis terrain, the Foshay Tower is a monument to one man's dreams and the fragile nature of success. The tower opened in August 1929, just weeks before the stock market crash that ushered in the Great Depression. The building was the dream of Wilbur H. Foshay, who soon lost his
