Pond-Dakota Mission Park and Gideon Pond House, Bloomington

I stumbled upon this place as a boy while riding the trails I found it fascinating. Now I own a home very near by and have spent many hours walking with my child and dogs. Winter events are especially fun when they have the fireplace going in the addition.

Pretty cool little historical site in the middle of the big city. Historically significant and overlooked, it is neat to see how it ties in to the river history being the local mission on the Minnesota, upstream from Fort Snelling and the Henry Sibley trading post. It is connected to the river hiking and biking trails that run from the old ferry bridge up to Fort Snelling.