Posted on July 30, 2009 by southwestblog
The most popular cool old building here is one of the many mansions built by the Pillsbury family…most notably the $53 Million estate near Lake Minnetonka…
Of course there are other Pillsbury family abodes, some extant, some demolished.
Thinking that ya'll might be a bit bored with looking at the Pillsbury/Jundt mansion…
Here's another to rival it…the estate [...]
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Posted on July 10, 2009 by southwestblog
Welcome to a special pal of “the face”
Scavenger Carrion Esq.
Scavenger digs in the dirt and rummages through the garbage.
He’s got an eye for the bright and shiny … that odd something he sees
which was forgotten long ago.
One day, he was following the path of the old railroad tracks now mostly covered by asphalt and saw [...]
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Posted on July 1, 2009 by southwestblog
2616 Colfax Ave So, Minneapolis,MN
Once upon a time as the weary traveler wandered through an unfamiliar forest…a very special house appeared…
So storybook was this house that the traveler was suddenly Giselle all sparkly, tulle and satin and then Prince Edward swashbuckling, with embellished puff sleeves royal purple….
Above the doorway the traveler noticed the baroque lettered [...]
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