This guy is huge! Reputedly the third largest free standing memorial in the country, the Iron Man statue dominates the landscape at a little city park south of Chisholm along US-169. It calls you to spend a moment pondering the role of the individual mine workers in the forging of the US as an industrial giant and beckons you to explore the mine country and learn more. We recognized this landmark from the Minnesota episode of Aerial America and checked off as “Been There” on our Roadside America app. Also found a Geocache here! What fun!
Off the beaten path is Hampstead is the more than three hundred year old Burgh House with a fascinating history. It’s now a community center, local museum, gallery, concert venue, event space, and more open to the public four days a week. We popped over for a bite to eat and to peruse the galleries to learn a little more about Hampstead history.
Ever since its debut on Broadway the two of us have wanted to see “Wicked the Musical”. Today we realized that dream. In the Apollo Victoria Theater in London’s West End we were witness to the incredible prequel to The Wizard of Oz, the story of the Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.
London’s National Portrait Gallery’s temporary exhibition, “Six Lives: The Stories of Henry VIII’s Queens” presents an amazing collection of portraits, jewelry, personal effects, books, costumes, and more to illustrate not only the lives of the six women who married the second Tudor king, but the effort across five centuries to keep their memory alive.
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