I rode down to New Prague with my date earlier today, a fun little tour. It was a fairly short drive to and from since it is near the metro area, in fact in the same county as Shakopee, home of Valleyfair.
We arrived in the early afternoon, then went to eat at a McDonald's attached to a Shell gas station. We liked seeing some of the murals in town. There was one at the edge of town with a map of Czechoslovakia, as it was settled by immigrants from that nation. The Catholic church looked impressive as well, we got a picture of it. I did a quick search online after getting back, and found out what in town is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This church is the only property listed, but it made sense how it's on the list as the church has some rare architecture. The parks were nice as well, one had a small tower with a weather vane on top of it. This was Philipp's Park. There was a gateway inside another park we found on the opposite side of town, Greenway Park.
For a town of just under 4,000 residents, it was not too surprising to see just one property listed. My hometown is about 15,000 residents and has six.
I had to chuckle when I saw the sign at one establishment, as it said 'Cranky Alice'. The tagline was 'your house, your rules'. This sounds like a good name for a bar or a comedy club, or both. There was an ancient Maytag washing machine nearby, so I got a picture of it as well. We saw the same Mohawk carpet ad inside two businesses, a fun one for us since Pigpen from the Charlie Brown and Snoopy comic strip was in the ad.
We arrived in the early afternoon, then went to eat at a McDonald's attached to a Shell gas station. We liked seeing some of the murals in town. There was one at the edge of town with a map of Czechoslovakia, as it was settled by immigrants from that nation. The Catholic church looked impressive as well, we got a picture of it. I did a quick search online after getting back, and found out what in town is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This church is the only property listed, but it made sense how it's on the list as the church has some rare architecture. The parks were nice as well, one had a small tower with a weather vane on top of it. This was Philipp's Park. There was a gateway inside another park we found on the opposite side of town, Greenway Park.
For a town of just under 4,000 residents, it was not too surprising to see just one property listed. My hometown is about 15,000 residents and has six.
I had to chuckle when I saw the sign at one establishment, as it said 'Cranky Alice'. The tagline was 'your house, your rules'. This sounds like a good name for a bar or a comedy club, or both. There was an ancient Maytag washing machine nearby, so I got a picture of it as well. We saw the same Mohawk carpet ad inside two businesses, a fun one for us since Pigpen from the Charlie Brown and Snoopy comic strip was in the ad.
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