Saint Paul geology sculpture
This sculpture on the north side of the High Bridge pays tribute to St. Paul’s geological and architectural past. It’s made of limestone blocks that formed at the bottom of an ancient sea, and which were later used as the foundations for some of the first houses in the city.
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WHOA!!!! That is COOL! theres a place in wisconson that has a ton of cool sculptures and stuff!
You aren't, by any chance, talking about FOREVERTRON? :)
i absolutely lovethis sculpture! it is amazing and is so breathtaking and its just a bunch or rocks!
wow this seems really cool. i did not know about this sculpture
Abbs: It looks like a dinosaur tail.
Emi: Why am I tempted to knock that over?
will the sculpture fall if there are no ropes on it?
this thing is totally awsome i saw it just a cupple of days ago! it is really cool up close!!!! u got2 see it!
that looks like a tail of a dinosaur but the body of it is buried....:D
this is 1 awsome sculpter
This is right by my Grandmother's house. It's such a cool/fun sculpture to climb on. I could play on it for hours.
I'd like this to mine! He-He!
hey i built that sculpture, thanks for picking mine
i like this one the most! it's so cool!
i'm buying it. for sure.
This is very cool! I have seen it many times, but never knew what it was.
Which ancient seea werethese pulled from? And what time frame were found?
These stones are from the Platteville Limestone which formed in the Ordovician (~400 million years ago) Epicontinental Sea. This sea washed all the way up to central Minnesota at times, which is why you can find marine fossils in these rocks. I am also guessing that this is why the sculpture is shaped like a wave to evoke a wave in the sea.
what is it!!!!!!!!!
WOW this sculpture is not that cool
IT LOOKS LIKE NOTHING. IT IS HARDLY ART
its crazy awesome
How Does it stay together?!?!?!?!?!?
that is one of the coolest sculptures I have ever seen!!!!!!!!!
It takes a little getting used to
this is awsome!!!!!!!!i love it.
WOW! HOW LONG DID IT TAKE TO BUILD THAT SCULPTURE? INCREDIBLE!
WOW!!! WHAT A SCULPTURE!
it look likes a tooth um..... i dont know
That is the coolest thing ever I LUV IT i wish i saw it in real life
totally awsome!! it looks pretty wierd, but at the same time, Awsome
what an amazing peice of work i would like to meet the artist someday
This sulpture is awesome it that wires holding it together
this is so amazing
nice.
Would you tell me the name of the artist who made this sculpture? Is he from minneapolis? Zoran possibly?
thats an amazing sculpture and must have been almost impossible to make just because of its sheer size and amazing shape.
This taught me a lot of things about rocks!
WOW, THIS SURE IS ONE HECK OF A SCULPTURE!!!!!!!
I really enjoyed looking at the sculpture. I learned a lot of information reading it.
COOL
this is an incredible scupture. i would love to see this in real life.
this is my favorite.
No kidding...this is pretty weird but cool. I can dig it!
heck yeah it is like woah: sum one had to of taken along time to make that=]