Man Starts Riding His Bike In Minnesota, Mysteriously Finds Himself In Germany

September 2, 2023

Sightseeing In Ulm or New Ulm or Wherever the Heck I Am

I knew New Ulm was a German town, but I was not prepared for the extent of its Germanity. New Ulm was settled by people of German ancestry, and they named the town after the original Ulm--a city in southern Germany. From what I can see, New Ulm is trying to be even more German than old Ulm, which is actually in Germany.

Anyway, this will be a standalone page with a bunch of sightseeing pictures and smart-ass comments. I'll write about the rest of today's ride in the next page.

The oldest and largest brewery still standing in Minnesota is the August Schell Brewery right here in New Ulm. Even I know that. It was worth paying a visit. This is the shaded road leading to the brewery.

Old and new merge here on the old building.

Quite a few peacocks roam freely here on the grounds of the brewery. I don't know the significance of that, but it probably derives from peacocks being a native species of Germany.

My first inkling that New Ulm's history extends beyond August Schell's brewery was seeing the campus of Martin Luther College. Even I know Martin Luther was a German theologian. I seem to remember he gave rise to protestantism. My mom was a Lutheran who married my Catholic dad.

Then came the monument to Herman the German.

Lions surround him for protection, but the guy is 32-feet tall. He could whoop any invader that a lion could.

Here is the view over New Ulm that Herman the German gets to see every day.

Some of the buildings here are trying to out-Germany Germany.

Trust me, I should have brought my clothing into "der Mietwaschsalon." But I didn't.

Perhaps I also should have gone into the "backerei" but I had a feeling they didn't have Lucky Charms.

Calling a regular apartment building a "haus" is going a bit too far with this German thing.

The Glockenspiel reminded me that I better get moving. My sightseeing tour is jeopardizing my attempt to get to somewhere before the 90-degree heat comes back.

Okay, one more picture. It's the Cathedral of something or other.

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