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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WOW!!! WHAT A SCULPTURE!
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=]
this is my favorite.
this is an incredible scupture. i would love to see this in real life.
COOL
I really enjoyed looking at the sculpture. I learned a lot of information reading it.
WOW, THIS SURE IS ONE HECK OF A SCULPTURE!!!!!!!
This taught me a lot of things about rocks!
thats an amazing sculpture and must have been almost impossible to make just because of its sheer size and amazing shape.
Would you tell me the name of the artist who made this sculpture? Is he from minneapolis? Zoran possibly?
nice.
this is so amazing
This sulpture is awesome it that wires holding it together
what an amazing peice of work i would like to meet the artist someday
totally awsome!! it looks pretty wierd, but at the same time, Awsome
That is the coolest thing ever I LUV IT i wish i saw it in real life
it look likes a tooth um..... i dont know
WOW! HOW LONG DID IT TAKE TO BUILD THAT SCULPTURE? INCREDIBLE!
this is awsome!!!!!!!!i love it.
It takes a little getting used to
that is one of the coolest sculptures I have ever seen!!!!!!!!!
How Does it stay together?!?!?!?!?!?
its crazy awesome
IT LOOKS LIKE NOTHING. IT IS HARDLY ART
WOW this sculpture is not that cool
what is it!!!!!!!!!
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.
This is very cool! I have seen it many times, but never knew what it was.
i'm buying it. for sure.
i like this one the most! it's so cool!
hey i built that sculpture, thanks for picking mine
I'd like this to mine! He-He!
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.
this is 1 awsome sculpter
that looks like a tail of a dinosaur but the body of it is buried....:D
this thing is totally awsome i saw it just a cupple of days ago! it is really cool up close!!!! u got2 see it!
will the sculpture fall if there are no ropes on it?
Abbs: It looks like a dinosaur tail.
Emi: Why am I tempted to knock that over?
wow this seems really cool. i did not know about this sculpture
i absolutely lovethis sculpture! it is amazing and is so breathtaking and its just a bunch or rocks!
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