A Beautiful Day in Skagway

 Alaska Cruise Trip Day 4 – Skagway, Alaska (still)

After the train trip, we bummed around Skagway for a while – a small, quaint historic town with buildings from the gold rush era.

Next Stop–Vancouver

 Alaska Cruise Trip Day 1 – Vancouver

It was beautiful and sunny as we circled for a landing in Vancouver.  As I love bridges, I was enamored with this one crossing the Fraser River.  It's called the North Arm Bridge, and it runs trains up top and bikes and pedestrians underneath.  Vancouver and the surrounding area also have many skyscrapers and highrises.  

Building on Fire

Green Bay at night.  More interesting architecture and fall color.  

Copper Top

 The Brown County courthouse in Green Bay.

The Captain's Potty Walk

We went on a two-day whirlwind trip this past weekend, in search of fall color in Door County, Wisconsin.  

This was a last-minute trip, so the best place we could find for lodging was downtown Green Bay.  It worked out well!  We beat cheeks to Green Bay after work Friday night, arriving at our hotel around 11pm.  Our pup needed a potty break before bed, so we took him down a couple blocks until he found his perfect potty spot.  

Today's image is one of the lovely buildings we saw on the potty walk.  I love the "captain's walk" on top of the building.  A very aptly named business!

Red

Another from the neighborhood.

Aeronautically

More from the Washburn Park Water Tower.  Several planes flew over while we were there.  

Knightly

 More from the Washburn Park Water Tower.  This dude means business.

(That white spec to the right is the moon.)

Sentries

Took a little cruise on the motorcycle this evening with a friend of mine.  She directed me to a fascinating water tower in the heart of south Minneapolis.  I've lived in the city for most of my life and don't ever remember seeing this before.  

Using "the Googles" I have discovered that this is called Washburn Park Water Tower. It was built from 1931 to 1932 during the Great Depression.  The architect also designed the chapel at Lakewood Cemetery, among other places.  It is no longer used for water storage, but it's on the national register for historic places, so hopefully it will continue to fascinate people for years to come.  Click on the link above for more details about the site.

I'm really enjoying the new places I've been discovering lately, without ever having to leave the metro area.

More to come from here.

Compassionately

One of the out-buildings on the Burwell House property.  The cottage was one of 15 that was originally built for mill workers but was moved to this spot in 1894 for Mr. Burwell's mother to live in.

Tastefully

One of the pretty doors into the Burwell house.  

Vertically

As I said in yesterday's blog, not only is this location a park, but also a historic site.  This is the Burwell House.  It was built in 1883 for Charles H. Burwell, manager of the Minnetonka Mill Company, and his family.

What strikes me the most about this house is how tall and skinny it is.  All of the windows are narrow and all of the rooms look very narrow.  I'm also wondering what the tower is used for.

I'm going to have to stop again at different times of the year to see the change of seasons.  And maybe come back for one of the interior tours at some point.

Criminally

 Yesterday I shared an image of an interesting-looking home that we saw last Sunday.  Today I'm blogging another picture of an interesting-looking home, but for a much different reason.

I vaguely remembered hearing about a fire on Lake Minnetonka.  You can read about it on several different news sites.  The police suspect arson.  I haven't seen any updates posted since December when it happened, but at the time they had no suspects.

Medievally

Saw this home while out last Sunday.  I've always liked houses with towers.  It makes them look like mini castles.  

Scholarly

The Historic Old Central High School in Duluth, MN.  As seen in 2015.

Modernly

Another one from our short field trip yesterday.  The Weisman always looks so pretty in the sun.  A cold, crisp, winter day. 

Techie Corner

I used the cheap fisheye for this shot also.  It does get pretty soft around the edges, but that's fine, as long as the center is sharp.  In fact, that softness actually comes in handy for tomorrow's image.

Hootenanny

I was looking through the archives today.  This is from a trip we took to Iowa in 2019.  You sure can't miss that silo and the "barn dances" advertisement seems appropriate for that giant fiddle.  Love it.

Detailedly

I took this when we were out taking pictures of the Christmas lights on Summit Ave.  This house didn't have any Christmas lights, but it was too lovely not to shoot.

Scintillatingly

 

31 Days of Christmas continues.  More from Summit Ave.  

Decorously

31 Days of Christmas continues.  More from Summit Ave.  This house doesn't have many Christmas decorations, but it looks so imposing.  I could also picture it on an antique postcard or in an old photo album, so that's how I'm presenting it.