Lakewood Cemetery

Our thanks to Andrew, who sent us this fine missive:


"Excuse me if this place is already on your radar, as I have not yet read everything you have written. But it's such an amazing place that I had to risk the redundancy.

It's a Byzantine chapel in Lakewood Cemetery, resting place of Hubert Humphrey and scores of other famous Minnesotans. The interior is a huge mosaic that will blow your mind. Here are some photos of it:
http://www.mnartists.org/work.do?rid=113990

The cemetery's website:
http://www.lakewoodcemetery.com/f_welcome.htm

Wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakewood_Cemetery "


As a matter of fact, Andrew, Lakewood Cemetery is on the Minneapolis Overview Tour, and yes, that chapel is so spectacular, people get married in it....in a cemetery. How cool is that?

Andrew also sent some Lakewood, uh, residents:

Curt Carlson, Founder of Radisson Hotels
H. David Dalquist, inventor of the Bundt pan (Founder of the bundt pan?? should he not be sainted?)
Orville Freeman, 29th Governor of Minnesota, Former US Secretary of Agriculture
Lewis A. Grant, American Civil War General and Assistant U.S. Secretary of War
Hubert Humphrey, Vice President of the United States, U.S. Senator
Muriel Humphrey, Second Lady of the United States , U.S. Senator
William S. King, U.S. Representative
Robert Koehler, German-born painter
Charles August Lindbergh, Republican congressman, father of the pioneering aviator
Frank C. Mars, creator of the Milky Way candy bar (speaking of nominations to Sainthood...)
George Mikan, professional basketball player
Karl Mueller, Soul Asylum bassist
Floyd B. Olson, 22nd Governor of Minnesota , often considered the state's greatest governor
Rudy Perpich, 34th and 36th Governor of Minnesota
John S. Pillsbury, 8th Governor of Minnesota, Founder of Pillsbury
Carl Pohlad, owner of the Minnesota Twins (Pohlad is alive, but his gravestone has already been erected at the cemetery) [1]
James Sample, conductor of many orchestras including the Oregon Symphony
Tiny Tim, Musician & entertainer.
Paul Wellstone, Former US Senator
Juanita Wright, professional wrestler

- Lori