Winchell Trail

The Winchell Trail is a hiking route stretching five miles along the Minneapolis side of the Mississippi River. It extends between Franklin Avenue South and East 44th Street, offering a secluded experience for birdwatchers and nature enthusiasts. This rustic trail provides access to the Upper Mississippi River gorge, showcasing scenic views of sandy beaches, the … Read more

The Bob Street Bridge

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

Kodachrome Minneapolis

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

Another Anoka

  Anoka meaning in the Chippewa language ‘Work” and in the Dakota ‘”On both sides of the river” lies on both banks of the Rum River at a junction with the Mississippi; just 18 miles north of Minneapolis as shown on the accompanying map. Anoka is one of the oldest towns in the state. It … Read more

America’s Friendliest City

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

The Camden Motel

IF YOU WANT TO “JUST RELAX”: You will enjoy a sunbath the little yard adjacent to our parking lot or set up a folding chair under the nice awning where you can watch the cars on Lyndale Avenue go by. You will find this is a small, friendly, informal vacation spot. If you’re want a … Read more

Hoping for Hastings

About twenty-five miles east and south of Minneapolis, County Seat of Dakota County, a portion of the city of Hastings stretches over into Washington County. Built near the complicated confluence of the Mississippi, Vermillion, and St. Croix Rivers. This fine city is named for the first elected governor of Minnesota, Henry Hastings Sibley. Downtown is … Read more

A Transportation Panorama

Indian Mounds park, St. Paul, offers one of the best transportation panoramas going.It overlooks the St. Paul municipal barge terminal, Holman municipal airport, acres of rail-road trackage. heavily traveled highways and the Mississippi river, on Sundays usually bearing speed boats.You can find it from downtown St. Paul by driving northeastward uphill across the Kellogg boulevard … Read more

Champlin Milling

EGGLESS CAKE Two cups sugar, 1 cup butter, 2 cups buttermilk or beaten sour milk, 2 level teaspoons soda, 1 tea- spoon each of nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves and allspice, 31/2 cups Champlin Best Flour, 2 cups chopped raisins, 1 cup chopped English walnuts. Add nuts and raisins last. Bake slowly. CHAMPLIN MILLING CO. Champlin Best … Read more