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The St. Paul Winter Carnival ends with fireworks over the Mississippi river with the city skyline in the background.
Long view of the old historical monument from the former picnic area at the abandoned Lookout Park Wayside on Shakopee Hill across from Flying Cloud Airport in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. The wayside was built in 1938 during the New Deal era by the National Youth Administration (NYA) in cooperation with the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MNDOT).
The five acre site was designed in the National Park rustic style to enhance and blend in with its natural surroundings. It consisted of a concourse made of local stone including a historical marker. There also was a picnic area that had picnic tables and fireplaces.
It was a popular rest stop on old US Highway 212 (later US 169 and 212) for many years, offering tourists and locals alike awe-inspiring views up and down the Minnesota River Valley.
MNDOT closed the wayside in the 1970's and sold it to the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) in 1977. The MAC has had it ever since, keeping the wrecking ball away but allowing it to crumble and decay and fall victim to vandals for some 40 years now.
The site was nominated for the National Register of Historic Places in 2001, but apparently didn't make the register. The city of Eden Prairie has it as one of their Heritage Sites and there has been interest in creating a park out of it, but the MAC reportedly says that the site's location in relation to Flying Cloud Airport is a safety hazard.
2017 photo looking southwest towards Savage from the abandoned Lookout Park Wayside on Shakopee Hill across from Flying Cloud Airport in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. The wayside was built in 1938 during the New Deal era by the National Youth Administration (NYA) in cooperation with the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MNDOT).
The five acre site was designed in the National Park rustic style to enhance and blend in with its natural surroundings. It consisted of a concourse made of local stone including a historical marker. There also was a picnic area that had picnic tables and fireplaces.
It was a popular rest stop on old US Highway 212 (later US 169 and 212) for many years, offering tourists and locals alike awe-inspiring views up and down the Minnesota River Valley.
MNDOT closed the wayside in the 1970's and sold it to the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) in 1977. The MAC has had it ever since, keeping the wrecking ball away but allowing it to crumble and decay and fall victim to vandals for some 40 years now.
The site was nominated for the National Register of Historic Places in 2001, but apparently didn't make the register. The city of Eden Prairie has it as one of their Heritage Sites and there has been interest in creating a park out of it, but the MAC reportedly says that the site's location in relation to Flying Cloud Airport is a safety hazard.
With downtown Minneapolis in the background, the Christmas colors are reflected in the Mississippi river below.
Minneapolis is truly the "City of Lakes" as seen in these images taken from the banks of Lake of the Isles, Lake Calhoun, and Lake Harriet.
The open water provides a winter reflection of the great city of Minneapolis as seen from the St. Anthony Main district.
The sunrise was still over an hour away, but the low clouds picked up its yellow/orange glow in this attempt to capture the pre-dawn Milky Way over the St. Croix River near Danbury, Wisconsin.
Wheels of Italy ~ Under the Crazy Moon
Pazzaluna Urban Italian Restaurant
360 St Peter St, St Paul, MN 55102 US
Minnesota State Capitol Grand Opening Celebration
75 Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard., St Paul, MN 55155, US
Eastman Nature Center - this is located in a wonderful Three Rivers State Park where both Elmcreek and Rush Creek run through it. A great walk-about especially when seeing 2 owls hunting together in the tree canopy above. Three Rivers is named for the Mississippi, Minnesota and St. Croix rivers.
Wheels of Italy ~ Under the Crazy Moon
Pazzaluna Urban Italian Restaurant
360 St Peter St, St Paul, MN 55102 US
O'Reilly Auto Parts Street Machine Summer Nationals
Minnesota State Fair
1265 Snelling Ave N, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55108 US
A 9°F (-13°C) morning at the Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge had this coyote up looking for breakfast.
This panorama of the Saint Paul skyline stretching from the Cathedral to the Wabasha Bridge, including the Capitol building and the downtown skyscrapers, was taken shortly after sunset from the Smith Avenue High Bridge.
O'Reilly Auto Parts Street Machine Summer Nationals
Minnesota State Fair
1265 Snelling Ave N, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55108 US
Eden Prairie Heritage Site sign at the abandoned Lookout Park Wayside on Shakopee Hill across from Flying Cloud Airport in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. The wayside was built in 1938 during the New Deal era by the National Youth Administration (NYA) in cooperation with the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MNDOT).
The five acre site was designed in the National Park rustic style to enhance and blend in with its natural surroundings. It consisted of a concourse made of local stone including a historical marker. There also was a picnic area that had picnic tables and fireplaces.
It was a popular rest stop on old US Highway 212 (later US 169 and 212) for many years, offering tourists and locals alike awe-inspiring views up and down the Minnesota River Valley.
MNDOT closed the wayside in the 1970's and sold it to the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) in 1977. The MAC has had it ever since, keeping the wrecking ball away but allowing it to crumble and decay and fall victim to vandals for some 40 years now.
The site was nominated for the National Register of Historic Places in 2001, but apparently didn't make the register. The city of Eden Prairie has it as one of their Heritage Sites and there has been interest in creating a park out of it, but the MAC reportedly says that the site's location in relation to Flying Cloud Airport is a safety hazard.