The Delicious Destination for Homemade Baked Goods and the 16-Year Old Behind It

On a sunny Memorial Day weekend, Christmas decorations adorn trees at a Highland home. Also in Highland, construction of a new bridge is underway. Young baker Madison fuels her Sugarplummm’s Bakery with love and creativity, honoring her grandmother while delighting customers.

The Thousand-Piece Outdoor Art Display On Robie Street

On the ride on July 6, 2024, the West Side hills, reflecting on a long-gone factory and a woman who turned her frustrations during COVID into a delightful thousand-piece outdoor display of metal art.

Scooby Doo, Where are You? On the East Side

September 19, 2023 Highland Park, Frogtown, North End, Payne-Phalen, Railroad Island, Dayton’s Bluff, Lowertown, Downtown, West End 30.7 miles The streets of Saint Paul were once paved with bricks and […]

Shelter wide shot

A Surprise Under the Basement

Highland Park 14.6 miles June 10, 2022 The Cold War, according to most historians, started in 1945 following the end of World War II. Tensions between the US and Soviet […]

A Look at the Coolest Garage In Saint Paul

Garages serve many utilitarian purposes. One Highland Park couple have a garage that does so much more including serving as a neighborhood hangout, restaurant, bar and workshop.

The smokestack and its dizzying number of rungs that go to the top.

A Short Jaunt to Ford

August 30, 2019 3.9 Miles Highland Park The State Fair, or more accurately, a park and ride lot for the State Fair, gave me the chance to check out a […]

Gene Thompson's dazzlingly green yard.

Where the Grass Really Is Greener

June 5, 2016      Highland Park, Macalester-Groveland, Summit-University/Rondo, North End, Como     19 miles This ride featured significant stops in five neighborhoods. First, Highland Park where I spotted what strikes me as […]

A Schoolhouse, A Parkview, A Lakeview

April 16, 2016 Highland Park, Hamline-Midway, Como, North End     17 Miles April rides can look gloomy no matter the temperature, with few signs of spring, and sandy grit still on […]

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 […]

On the Way to Jail

June 16, 2015 – Highland Park, West End/West 7th, Downtown – 16.2 miles It was fabulous to be back on my bike. First, it had been almost two months since […]