Going Up 10! - Royalton, MN
October 2023… Laura and I drove to Fargo, ND , so I could photograph the Highway 10 route. Focusing on landmarks, tourist traps and things that have significantly changed from those childhood family vacations. The goal was to acquire material to write a story about each of the small towns we’d pass through. An idea so old, that it was a vaguely planned issue of Wasted Quarter, some 20+ years ago, but I didn’t have the material to make it work. Now I do! So far that series has included features on the towns of Hawley and Frazee , and will now be joined by Royalton, MN! One cannot simply drive through Royalton and NOT stop by Treasure City! Minnesota’s greatest tourist trap! For all of your cheap plastic and tacky trinket needs! Also a convenient pit stop on the well travelled Highway 10 route, from Minneapolis/St. Paul, to the greater Fargo/Moorhead area. If you’re not following to the end, it’s the access point for all sorts of off shooting roads taking you to the ...