On Friday I made it to St. Antony's Main - a very nice place across downtown at the Mississippi. It offers a few bars and restaurants to sit outside as well as newly build lofts. They turned a lot of old mill buildings into costly lofts recently.
I walked alongside the heritage trail and also crossed the old stone arch bridge where once the train came from the east to its final destination in Minneapolis. Today, the bridge is a pedetstrian bridge and a nice spot to overlook the St. Antony Falls. These falls were the originally the end of the passage on the Mississippi, since it was impossible to overcome them in their original shape. So, Minneapolis has basically started here due to the need to unload the ships...
Nowadays, there is a big lock and the falls are streamlined... it's sad, since they looked pretty nice in their original shape (see picture).
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