Baby It's Cold Outside!

Minneapolis/St. Paul - Day 2-

It was 39 degrees here this morning.  Brrrr!  Undeterred by that, we first went downtown to St. Paul to see the Capitol (which is being renovated, so parts were inaccessible).

Peace Officers Memorial near the Capitol

Distant view of the Capitol dome

Minnesota state Capitol in St. Paul

Close up of the gilded cupola on top the dome

Marble staircase inside the Capitol

State House of Representatives chamber in the Capitol.

Cathedral of St. Paul - for whom the city is named.
Built in 1904

Inside the cathedral looking toward the altar

Rose window in one of the trancepts of the cathedral

Altar area in the cathedral

Skyline of St. Paul, Minnesota

 

From there, we crossed the river over to Minneapolis and enjoyed the Minnesota Sculpture Garden:

Iconic "Spoonbridge and Cherry" in the Minnesota Sculpture Garden

To give you some idea of how large it is (or maybe how large I am!)

"Standing Glass Fish" is made of glass "scales" and is featured in
the conservatory at the Minnesota Sculpture Garden

 And then there was the Mall of America!!

Theme park in the center of the Mall of America

Another view of the theme park



One of my favorites--the Peeps Store!

Another one of my favorites - the LEGO store.  There were these amazing
LEGO sculptures on the store.  All of these figures, including the scrolls
on the table were made of LEGOs.

A Transformer and tail of helicopter also made entirely of LEGOs.