Laughter, Falling Water and Time
There’s only one girl in Minneapolis and two or three in Saint Paul I knew a girl in Robbinsdale, but she was too tall There’s only one girl in Minneapolis I don’t know any in Golden Valley There’s one out in Edina, my sister Sally There’s only one in Minneapolis She’s all I need to … Read more
Sleizer’s Club once served man sized drinks in a distinctively different Atmosphere. If you walked in on a weekend nights you could dine and dance to the swell sounds of Rollie Anderson’s Hammond Organ and the “Sleizer Family” dance band. On August 3rd, 1946 Billboard Magazine reported a $10,000 damage suit was instituted by Sleizer’s … Read more
The folks from the Minnesota Boat Club have been rowing on the river since 1870. Located under the Wabasha Bridge on the west end of Raspberry Island, the original boathouse was a wooden structure. It was replaced in the early 1900′s by the existing boathouse shown in the postcard below. In 1949, the United States … Read more
By Morchella Perhaps you are looking for something fun to do on a Friday evening before a Twins game or Saturday after a morning of shopping? Yes? Well, pop in to the Fulton Brewery tap room! Fulton is tucked into the back side of the North Loop. If you’re a northsider you’ll know where it … Read more
Saint Paul is the capital city of Minnesota! Home of the famous Winter Carnival… of the nation’s third largest livestock market… a bustling industrial in transportation center and the gateway to America’s finest winter and summer vacationland.
The Second Congregational Church of Minneapolis was first known as Vine Street Church and later called Park Avenue Congregational. The church founded in 1867 in an enclave of New Englanders on what was the city’s near south side. In the 1870s the first Scandinavian immigrants started showing up in Minneapolis and many settled in and … Read more
I was thinking about the reading Madame Sarah gave me when I drove by her neon sign in a blizzard. I was in the ninth grade when I climbed up her steps for the first time. I went with a couple of the guys from school. We were putting together our first rock and roll … Read more
Back in 1893, way out west in McLeod Counrty, the Village of Winsted approved the construction and 0n January 1, 1896 there was a public dedication of the newly constructed Winsted City Hall. Last official day of business in original “Village Hall,” was in November of 1997 nearly 102 years after it opened.
The 63 room Rufus R. Rand mansion in Minnetonka was about half completed when it was destroyed by fire. It was eventually completed and crowned the “Still Pond” estate on 250 acres west of Gray’s Bay. Built at the height of the Great Depression, this amazing French Chateau style house had 14 bedrooms, 13 fireplaces, … Read more