Category: people and places
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Oak Center General Store

If you drive north towards Lake City on Hwy 63, you may notice a two-storied general store building seemingly in the middle of nowhere. At first glance you might take it for an abandoned relic of a bygone era, when every tiny township in this part of Minnesota had its own economic center. But as…
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Pearl Street

In recent years the three of us (my husband, daughter, and I) have had the opportunity to take an annual weekend trip to La Crosse, Wisconsin. On each visit we have discovered new and interesting places to enjoy a well-crafted cocktail or a tasty sandwich, or view a movie in a unique setting, or browse…