Welcome to New Ulm, Minnesota. Mom has been to Neu Ulm in Germany a few times back when she lived there but the one here in our state was new for her. Of course, finding this mural was number one on our list. Lucky for us it was the middle of the week and pretty warm out, so not many people were wandering around to interfere with our photos.
Have you heard of Hermann the German? We have heard the name but knew nothing about him until now. His footprint hangs on the side of a building right by where we parked. It is huge and very strange looking. Then we read the plaque next to it. Of course, we touched it because you know we love fun!
There is a statue of this guy in town too but when we arrived we realized it was not for us. He is thirty two feet tall and on top of a monument making him one hundred two feet up in the air. There is a spiral stairs going up to him but Mom had no desire to go up there.
Next we found the Glockenspiel. Now this is more our speed than Hermann was. The tower is forty five feet tall with thirty seven bronze bells weighing over two tons, and rotating three foot high figurines depicting town history. We are wondering why everything is so tall in this town? The Glockenspiel plays music every day at three, and five pm. It was too hot to stay to hear it play.
On our walk around the main street of New Ulm we also found the Follow Your Bliss mural. It is in a narrow alley so Mom could not get a shot of the whole thing but she got us and the main part of the mural. Our little walk around town after our trials was fun but it was pretty warm and we were ready to head back home. We’ll have a few more fun finds on Friday for you.
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The murals are so pretty and we have never heard of Hermann. It would have been wonderful to hear the Glockenspiel music. Next time!
It was just to warm to hang out for another almost half hour. It was a fun town to see on our quick tour of it.
Ii love going on your trips with you.
It was just a little day trip, but sometimes small places have big things to see.
Those are really pretty murals. Thanks for sharing
We really like the New Ulm one.
What a fun post about Hermann the German and Ulm. I love fun too and OMDs the murals are gorgeous
Hugs Cecilia
Mom is always looking for fun things to find when we go places.
Hermann has some big feet, he must ave been a really fun guy. New Ulm looks like a nice place to visit!
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Rosy & Sunny
Giant feet! We don’t really understand his importance but he is big in that town.
Lovely murals and Hermann is intriguing ~ glad you had fun despite the heat ~ Hugs ^_^
an artist reflects ~ Carol McK and Ziggy ^_^
Thank you. Herman could be scary we think.
Quite the education you are giving me! Are these tall tails??
Hermann we are pretty sure is not real.
Love the colorful murals and I’ve never heard of Hermann the German. I touch it for more fun though. You all do the most wonderful things.
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We love finding fun and unique things in our travels even if they are not far from home.
All news to us! Thanks for sharing. Great photos! your friend Chester
Mom was in Neu Ulm when she lived in Germany. They have a great Weihnachtsmarkt. We don’t know how it is in the Minnesota one. It is still a fun place to see.
It sounds like a nice town to visit. I wouldn’t mind hearing the glockenspiel, but I can understand not waiting around in the heat.
It was a long day and we were all hot and tired out so we passed on it. Mom has heard them before back when she lived in Germany.
Such a nice place to visit and the mural sure is pretty!
It is a fun town but it was too hot so we made a quick stop out of it.
What a cool place to visit. Loved all the photos-thanks for sharing them, especially since it was a bit warm.
We knew it would be warm, so Mom figured out where we needed to go before we started our little tour.
Me encantan ir de excursión y admirar los murales. Gracias por compartirlo. Saludos desde Bitácora literaria España