Drove into Minneapolis and toured the American Swedish Institute. It is housed in a mansion built by Swan Turnblad at the turn of the century. He immigrated from Sweden in 1868 at the age of 8 and his family started farming in Minnesota. At an early age he started working in a print shop and then started his own paper which became the largest Swedish newspaper in the US, the Svenska Amerikanska Posten. He became a millionaire and built the mansion which his daughter later donated to the American Institute for Swedish Art. A large modern addition was later added to the mansion for the Swedish Institute but the Mansion is still perfectly preserved. Amazing woodwork through out the mansion that was all carved in place.
We then drove over to St. Paul and had a great late lunch at the Tavern on Grand Avenue. Famous for their Walleye Dinners which was great but so was the Wild Rice soup.
