Laughter, Falling Water and Time
Interstate Park, St. Croix Falls, Wis., and Taylor Falls, Minn., 50 miles from Minneapolis and St. Paul. The rock ledges at the Dalles are ancient lava flows, of which seven may be identified, rising like giant steps above the river. The lava, or trap, is well jointed so that there are vertical precipices and isolated … Read more
Lake of The Isles Park, Minneapolis Minn. Encircled with an enchanting boulevard 2.S miles long, lined with handsome residences. The launch makes a tour of this lake as well as Calhoun and Cedar Lake every 45 minutes. Round trip of three lakes, 11 miles in 90 minutes, is 25 cents. LAKE OF THE ISLES … Read more
The complex, concrete multiple-arch Robert Street Bridge crosses the Mississippi River in downtown Saint Paul. The bridge accommodates river traffic, a railroad crossing, and roadways. The bridge is also notable for its monumental reinforced concrete rainbow arch. It was designed by Toltz, King & Day and built by Fegles Construction Company between 1924 and 1926. … Read more
Lake of the Isles is known for its two wooded islands, its long north arm, and the surrounding stately houses of Lowry Hill and Kenwood. Looking west from the Mississippi River at the Skyline of the city. Minneapolis is a beautiful city with its gleaming skyscrapers, its modern mills, its magnificent homes and its spacious … Read more
St. Paul , Capitol of Minnesota , is one of the most diversified industrial cities in the nation. It is a financial , transportation , wholesale , and distribution center for the Upper Midwest area . Noted for its fine residential sections , St. Paul “combines good business with good living.” It has exceptional recreational … Read more
WHEN visitors to Minneapolis are shown through its magnificent residence districts and driven over its beautiful parkways and boulevards and are then taken to the business section and shown its handsome warehouses and great office buildings, the very first inquiry they make, after their exclamations of pleasant surprise are over, is: ” What is the … Read more
I sometimes wonder if people appreciate the recreational and educational facilities offered them by our parks. The other night, my wife, granddaughter, three resident aliens and myself strolled over to Lake Harriet and took a “package trip” which, for a very small fee, entitled us to passage on the launch which circumnavigated the lake. The … Read more
Lake of the Isles is a veritable Venice though the pleasure craft are all canoes, not of the gondola type. Go out any night when the water is calm, the moon bright and the weather right and you will find the , beautiful waters dotted with ,slim, swift craft. LAKES, LAKES EVERYWHERE in Minneapolis. Here, … Read more
Interstate Park, St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin, and Taylor Falls, Minnesota, 30 mites from Minneapolis and Saint Paul. The rock ledges at the Dalles are ancient lava flows. of which seven may be identified, rising like giant steps above the rivet. The lava. or trap, is well jointed. so that there are vertical precipices and isolated … Read more