Marine on St. Croix, MN

Marine is really one of the cuter villages (they insist on calling it a village not a town) in Minnesota, and it's along Hwy 95 which is one of the cuter drives in the state, too. They even used to have a town dog!


Yes, they still have a general store (ok, it's more of a kwik-e-mart)...


I think they mean 'watch for children,' but I could be wrong...


The Fire Fighters Ball for the all volunteer force was being held right in the middle of Main Street, how small town is that...

These next two are pics of the brook that runs under the Brookside Bar & Grill, which has some awesome burgers, a good beer selection, and is huge with bikers and motorcyclists. You can tell that the brook was running extremely fast due to thunderstorms the night before:



I also managed to find a tag in this super quaint town! It's on the sign for a very good little ice cream shop:


And of course, it wouldn't be small town Minnesota without at least one rusted old pickup with a Wall Drug bumper sticker and expired tags: