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Nate B
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Architecture/technology/transportation geek

Twin Cities Suburbs He/Him
The Score app has this alert on the game, I've never seen it before. Must
November 16, 2025 at 3:31 AM
He isn't banned though. It's just a 72 hour timeout.
November 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM
A transloading company that I've seen receive coil cars says they have a 25 ton overhead crane on their website, I'm guessing an industry directly receiving coil cars would do the same.

ctm-truck.com/transloading/
Transloading - Commercial Transload of Minnesota
If you are looking for a way to reduce shipping costs, improve efficiency, and increase flexibility, Rail Transloading may be a good option for you.
ctm-truck.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Huh, that's probably why we haven't seen any Hollywood-types show up in the emails yet, even the creepy ones have cooler parties to go to.
November 13, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Totally unsurprising that the inventor is from Wisconsin
November 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I also tried to get some shots of St. Paul with the aurora, but bailed about 20 minutes too early. Still a cool shot though, with just a hint of red and green visible on the right.
November 12, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Sounds like it's just a regular customs office for international flights arriving at Holman Field:
Update:
Because Holman airfield has international flights they must have a customs office.
The building project reported by the city is a replacement of an existing customs office.
I have seen no indication that this project is anything other than a replacement for a very old facility.
I reached out to federal delegation to get some answers on this project. It’s a surprise and a very unwelcome one.

No home for ICE and CBP in Saint Paul.
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
If we're being honest Wreck isn't a top-5 Lightfoot song. Maybe not top-10 😬
November 11, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Oh, and the asterisk, the ruin of the Minnesota Point Lighthouse still stands near Duluth, and since it was built in 1858 it predates the current light at Whitefish Point by 3 years. Thanks to McGhiever on Wikipedia for this shot, when I visited last year it was too overgrown to see. (44/44)
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Thank you for reading this entire ridiculous thread. If you would like to learn more I recommend checking out this site, they have articles for almost every single light Michigan, and the rest of North America: (43/44)
Michigan Lighthouses
Michigan lighthouses, lighthouses in Michigan, map of Michigan lighthouses, list of Michigan lighthouses
www.lighthousefriends.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM
And my final lighthouse of the trip, Sand Point Lighthouse in Escanaba. This one also has a replica fourth-order fresnel lens, and is lovingly cared for by the local Delta County Historical Society. (42/44)
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM
The museum has some very cool artifacts, including a handcrafted model of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald and some fun dioramas. Just don't ask about the mannequin in the bathtub. (41/44)
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Suel Choix is still an active aid to navigation, but unusually you are still able to visit the lantern room. And it gets points for being the only lighthouse I saw that had a birdhouse of the lighthouse. (40/44)
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Seul Choix Pointe Light Station sits near the very top of Lake Michigan, and is home to a lovely museum operated by the local Gulliver Historic society. The name is French for “only choice”, since it's the only natural harbor for many miles. (39/44)
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM
It was replaced by Minneapolis Shoal Light, seen from about 6 miles away. This shoal is named for the wooden steamship 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴 that ran around on it in 1898. (38/44)
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM
We are in the home stretch now, with the rest of the Lake Michigan lights I saw. Peninsula Point Lighthouse served from 1867 to 1936, then the keeper's house burned in 1959 and now only the tower remains. (37/44)
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM
And Round Island Passage Light replaced it in 1948. This light was remote controlled from a keepers house on Mackinac Island. One of the Viking Cruise Ships can be seen in the distance. (36/44)
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Round Island Lighthouse marks the south side of the passage that leads between Round Island and Mackinac Island, guiding ships towards the Straits of Mackinac. (35/44)
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Bois Blanc Island had multiple lighthouses, this one served from 1867 to 1924. Sometime after that its simple steel replacement was built closer to the lake. (34/44)
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM