We started across the Stone Arch Bridge and admired the river as it rolled over the top of the St. “You have to pay attention and read the landscape. “You’re engaged when you do this,” said Pulscher, who says quests in other parts of the country have been incorporated into school curricula. And it prompts players to notice details they might otherwise ignore. The rhyme scheme isn’t clever or graceful, but it gets the job done. …” We looked up at the Gold Flour and Pillsbury signs atop the old mills. I held a four-page printout in my hand and started reading our instructions: “Sit on a bench, look up high / See many words floating in the sky. The Fabled Falls quest starts on a wood bench just off the parking lot at the intersection of Portland Avenue South and West River Parkway downtown. Minneapolis Parks plans to roll out another quest this fall focusing on environmental aspects of the riverfront. It leads people onto the Stone Arch Bridge and through Mill Ruins Park, where they can view the ruined tunnels and tailraces that were part of the water system that powered the Minneapolis flour mills. The Fabled Falls quest was created in 2008 by staff members from various government agencies and nonprofit groups that provide public programs along the Mississippi River during a workshop with Stephen Glazer, who has created quests for many communities across the country through his company, Poetics of Place.įabled Falls & Forgotten Walls Quest is the first in our region.
“It’s a way to pull people to sites they would not normally go through.” “This questing thing is huge in New England,” says MaryLynn Pulscher, who heads environmental education for the Minneapolis Parks and Recreation Board. The quest seemed the perfect solution - part treasure hunt and part history lesson, wrapped up in Dr. Anthony Falls Heritage Trail had provided a lovely evening stroll for my husband and me, but I knew my children would never stop to read historical markers. Trolley rides and guided tours seemed too confining for young children.
We’ve ridden bicycles across the Stone Arch Bridge, which is great fun, but I wanted something a bit more structured for this outing. Over the past couple of decades, the area has turned into a recreational gem, with new parks and bicycle paths, the Mill City Museum, the Guthrie Theater and other attractions. I had stumbled on the Fabled Falls & Forgotten Walls Quest online while I was looking for things to do with children in Minneapolis along the Mississippi River. In the process, we were having a great time exploring the Minneapolis riverfront and learning about milling and railroad history. We were looking for a clue in a community treasure hunt called a quest. No, this wasn’t some strange summer school assignment. But we were searching the sooty carving for something else - the name of the company’s vice president. Hill, president of the Minneapolis Union Railway, which had built the bridge in 1883. My three children and I peered up at words chiseled into the limestone blocks of the Stone Arch Bridge in Minneapolis.
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