The Colorful Rock Garden of Kindness on Cumberland Street

July 9, 2024 Macalester-Groveland, Midway, Summit-University, Frogtown, North End 23 miles Little Free Libraries are plentiful throughout Saint Paul. They come in abundant designs, colors and sizes. Occasionally a Library […]

89 Morton St.

The Unique Dome Home On Morton Street

The hilly West Side has its ups and downs-literally, the notch in St. Paul’s southern border and stumbling onto a geodesic dome house on Morton Street.

There’s an awesome view of Downtown Saint Paul, and behind it, Minneapolis, from Londin Lane.

Hightailing It to Highwood

August 13, 2019 25.4 Miles West Seventh (West End), Downtown, Dayton’s Bluff, Highwood I had a simple plan for this ride. Bike the 11 miles-plus to Boys Totem Town for […]

Gary and Marcus have a four car garage which Marcus called, “perfect for parking both of our cars as well as pots, potting soil, overwintering plants.”

Como Mingling

July 2, 2019 Merriam Park, Hamline-Midway, Como Park Living in the southwestern part of Saint Paul means I almost always have to ride east, north, or both, and so it […]

Now in the tunnel and looking east, at Lake Phalen. The beach is far off in the distance.

The Northeast Corner

Highland Park, Mac-Groveland, Merriam Park, Lexington-Hamline, Frogtown (Thomas-Dale), North End, Payne-Phalen, East Side July 30, 2017 31.7 Miles This ride turned out to be one of the longest ever for […]

Garden Parties

July 3, 2016 Macalester-Groveland, Rondo (Frogtown), North End 16.7 Miles The creativity of fellow Saint Paulites continues to dazzle and impress. Unique yards and remarkable gardens, the most commonplace form […]

The Diminutive and the Colossal

July 11, 2015         12.05 miles         Highland Park, Summit-University (Summit Hill) The small house movement caught on in the late 1990s. It’s easy to understand, with the dramatic rise […]

Making Peter Piper Jealous

June 21, 2015 – Macalester-Groveland, West End/West 7th, West Side – 14.7 miles   Today is the summer solstice, one of my favorite days, mainly because it’s the longest day […]

Follow the Red Brick Roads

Mac-Groveland and Desnoyer Park NOTE: While I did this ride on August 4, 2011, I didn’t complete the post until March 28, 2012.  Sorry for the delay. 7 miles South […]

Where Babies Come From?

August 15, 2011 12 Miles Desnoyer Park and St. Anthony Park Maybe babies are delivered by the stork after all. I was biking north on Pelham Boulevard just north of […]