A scene along the shore of Sand Lake. The shot is slightly out of focus, giving it a painterly feel.
The Tinker Tot, in Ladysmith, WI, must have been a hoppin' place at one time. I can imagine the families parked there with trays of hamburgers and french fries hanging out the windows.
Scene at the entrance of the Knowles Doane House, c. 1765. A fixture in the town of Eastham, Cape Cod, the small home is the essence of Cape Cod architecture. I'll follow tomorrow with a view of the whole house.
'I know it's supposed to be yummy... but it's kinda scary... and do they really think I can eat that much?'
Much of the Selby & Dale area of St. Paul has been redeveloped recently, but this cleaner is stuck in the 50's. I like it. Let's hope it stays like it is.
Minnesota is in the middle of North America, about as far from an ocean as you can get. But in Duluth, you'd think you were on the coast. Lake Superior stretches as far as the eye can see.
In Ladysmith, WI, you can see how mail was delivered a century ago, along with a restored cabooze and train station.
Bruce, Wisconsin has a great old one-screen theater. It's good to see that some of these are still in business.
Even though it was closed, I could just about smell the fresh bread baking. When I was young, this is the kind of bakery we would stop for on a family vacation. We loved fresh pastries and breads.
The Creamery along the Elroy-Sparta bike trail is old, abandoned, and exudes character. I'm a sucker for old buildings with character. There's history lying in there just waiting to be heard.
Downtown Northfield, MN, has all the right elements: pededstrian friendly, 
I visited a farm for sale in rural Wittenberg, Wisconsin. A very peaceful place.
"Honey, you need to speed up to get onto the freeway.
In the St. Mary's cemetery in New Trier, MN, Claudius Irrthum (1810-1893) lies next to Anna Irrthum (1811-1879) and John Irrthum (1844-1878). I'm not sure the relation, but Claudius and Anna appeared to have lived long lives in early Minnesota.
New Trier, Minnesota, population 116 is celebrating the 150th anniversary of St. Mary's Catholic church. Beautiful architecture and a fascinating cemetery.
Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral is situated in the centre of Cork City, Ireland. Designed by William Burges and consecrated in 1870, the Cathedral lies on a site where Christian worship has been offered since the seventh century. Legend has it that St. Fin Barre was the son of Amergin, whose tribe was descended from Eochaidh Muidmheadoin, brother of the king of Munster. Amergin settled in the territory of Muskerry, in the county of Cork, where he obtained an inheritance and land at a place called Achaidh Durbchon, near the spot afterwards known as Gougane Barra, at the sources of the river Lee. He was chief smith to Tighernach, king of the Hy Eachach of Munster, and he married a young woman of the king's household. As this was in defiance of the king's wishes, the couple was summoned before him and he sentenced them to be burned alive. A storm of thunder and lightning, with heavy rain, prevented the decree from being carried out. This was regarded as a divine interposition and they were set free.A child was born from this union and they returned to Gougane Barra, where the boy was baptised Luan, or Lochan. When he was seven years old three clerics of Munster, returning from a pilgrimage to Leinster, happened to stop at the house of Amergin. They admired the boy for the grace of the Holy Spirit that seemed to them to shine in his face, and were allowed by his parents to take him away to be educated. He studied at a place called Sliabh Muinchill, where, as was usual at the time, he was tonsured and had his name changed. The cleric who cut his hair is said to have observed, "Fair (finn) is the hair (barra) of Luan.""Let this be his name," said another, "Barr Finn, or Finn Barr." 
