On our way there we drove by another "big" item in Minnesota. I thought corn was an Iowa thing :) but Olivia claims to be the Corn Capital. 
This was the church Andrew preached in.
After church we were invited over to a retired CRC pastor and his wife's house. They had immigrated from Holland when they were in their 20's. They were told that there was a need for Pastors and suggested that Art (the retired pastor) needed to become one to fill the need. They went to seminary with 3 children. They were a very friendly/fun couple with a lot of interesting stories. Art gave Andrew some books he was getting rid of. After our visit, we drove around the little town for a bit and could not help but stop and laugh at this stained glass window. 
We stopped for lunch in New Ulm. It reminded us a lot of Dubuque. It was on the banks of a river; it had many Victorian style houses; 
It was a very German town. 
These were some mosaic flags from Germany's history done by a local artist. 
It is has been fun these last few weeks to see new areas of Minnesota that we had not seen previously.
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Even knowing it's actual meaning, I still break out in laughter when I look at that stained-glass window! A fitting commentary on so much of American church life.
nice pictures.
I guess that these towns that have no famous natural landmark (like Mississippi River, Rocky mountains, etc.) have to build their own! Thanks for the photos of your trip. You should save that photo of the Methodist Episcopal Church, it may be a good sermon illustration!
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