Road America, ElkHart Lake, The Mill AirB&B of Glenbeaulah, Wisconsin 10/24

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenbeulah_Mill/Grist_Mill

This lovely piece of history is an old mill that has been transformed into a residence and an Air B&B.  We had the pleasure of spending a few nights.  The owner must be a master at carpentry, has a great attention to detail, and has a great vision for making the mill into a modern living space while accenting the historical significance.  

Elevator!

admiring the work to make this wooden pulley

admiring the "hinge"

"The Beach" located just outside of the the "kink" at Road America.

One of a few chain saw carvings, this one is inside of Canada Corner.

Race control.....you can't hide! 

One would be remised to visit Road America and not visit Sebkens Bar & Resort.

This t-shirt shows the original layout of the race track. 

One of the many pieces of art on display; I love the 3D/texture of these.

Bonanzaville 07/22/2024

Bonananzaville Pioneer Village, part of Cass County Historical Society,  is located on the west side of Fargo, North Dakota.  It is a "living" collection various historical mini-museums. For those that know me, it will be of no surprise the majority of pictures focus on trains, plains, and automobiles (and tractors)!  

Cass County Court house (don't touch the artifacts!).  Some really lovely wood work, by the way.

"Cut-away" Farmall Super-C

I was focusing on the transfer gear set used to raise the frame higher (to clear crops)

Allis Chalmers G with belly mounted planter.

"Bull"...1912 arguably one of the most influential tractors.

Moline Universal D 1923

4 Wheel drive!  1930 Massy Harris  

Co-Op, I have never seen more than one in a single place.

Fordson

Rumely

1918 International Jr.

Looks like a death machine to me!  Front mounted snow blower.

John Deere Waterloo Boy

Self-propelled tractor.

The original mass produced "skid-steer/bobcat".  

Bobcat started in North Dakota

Phantom F4-C; history on this particular plane isn't clear, it may have been deployed to Vietnam.

No plaque on this one, but despite the markings, it is a British Hawker Hunter E-407.  Later internet reseach (thanks friends) found this: https://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/hunter/survivor.php?id=348

No Tesla was not the first electric car!  

Studebaker Clark

1981 Freeway

Simica (first time seeing one of these in person)

1950 Crosley

Thunderbird

Traffic

International

Nash

It should be noted that Ford Motor Co. had a very large plant in Fargo, based right along the railway.