ePub Identities Through Fashion: A Multidisciplinary Approach by From Berg Publishers in Arts-Photography

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Believe it or not; Minnesotarsquo;s architectural landscape has included a house made from the fuselage of a B-29 bomber; a hotel that spent its final years as a chicken hatchery; a Civil War cemetery; a treehouse built and occupied year-round by an eccentric university professor; and a railway that once carried passengers up Duluthrsquo;s steep incline from Lake Superior. They are all gone now; along with countless houses; parks; bridges; theaters; sports stadiums; courthouses; and farm buildings in which Minnesotans have worked; played; and lived their lives. Though other books have looked at the lost architecture of Minneapolis and St. Paul; Jack El-Hairsquo;s Lost Minnesota is the first book to tell the stories of buildings and landmarks from rural and small-town Minnesota; as well as those of the residential and suburban areas of the statersquo;s largest cities. From Rochesterrsquo;s Hotel Zumbro and the Charles H. Mayo House to the Hastings Spiral Bridge and the Lyceum Theater of Duluth; El-Hai rediscovers a lost landscape and the values and lifestyle of a bygone era. He tours not only Twin Cities buildings; such as the Fairoaks mansion; the Wilder Baths; and the Beyrer Brewery; but also its sites; such as the Wonderland amusement park; in order to re-create not only where but how Minnesotans lived. Lost Minnesota presents eighty-nine beautifully illustrated stories about these fascinating places and those who built them; lived in them; and tore them down. This is a book sure to delight the Minnesota history enthusiast and anyone who is curious about the statersquo;s changing urban; small-town; and rural landscapes.