Ask anyone who has lived in Minnesota what their Prince story is and you will hear some variation of their golden memory of a First Avenue appearance, being his neighbor, or running into him a drug store. For such a large metro area, it’s pretty incredible the impact Prince made. I moved to Minnesota in…
The Mankato Murals have been on my bucket list for a long time. Our plan was to visit the town during the summer of 2021 but my daughter Maddie, my mural hunting buddy, passed away unexpectedly. You will see her face in many of my other mural posts. The way we remember her on the…
This Kansas City Chiefs mural has been sitting in my collection for a while and know I know why. My Swifty Maddie took this photo only two months before passing away. She would be thrilled that her music idol Taylor Swift was romantically involved with Travis Kelce #87, just over her left shoulder. She is…
Wall Drug in Wall, South Dakota is a must-see road trip stop as you’re making your way to or from the Black Hills. You will find food, shopping and plenty of Wall Drug photo ops
My teenage daughter Maddie and I love touring Minneapolis murals. The music scene is hot in Minneapolis, especially considering legends like Prince and Bob Dylan have roots in Minnesota. We are working on a Minnesota Prince tour but in the meantime, one of the murals on this tour has a nod to Prince. Minneapolis is…
Downtown Denver is full of murals and art. Being that my daughter and I have a favorite pastime of tracking down Instagram settings and murals, we added Denver to our list. We discovered many in one day and look foward to returning to find more. Below are pictures of our first scavenger hunt. Greetings from…
Visiting Minneapolis murals should be on your list of things to do. It’s fun, free, and accommodates social distancing. Over the years, building walls, garages, water towers, and even farm silos in Minnesota have been transformed into canvases of colorful displays of art. When my teenage daughter and I had a free Friday together we…