Cold Spring, Minnesota -
Grasshopper Assumption Chapel
Erected to remember a Minnesota grasshopper plague. The governor declared a statewide Day of Prayer, then a freak sleet storm killed all the grasshoppers!
- Address:
- Pilgrimage Rd, Cold Spring, MN
- Directions:
- I-94 exit 164. Drive west on Hwy 23 to Cold Spring. Take a left at the first stoplight onto Chapel St. Go about a half block, and take the first left (there may be a small white sign that says "Chapel Hill" at this turn). Go another half block, and take a right at the stone sign onto Pilgrimage Rd. Go through the gates and up the hill. The Chapel is located on top of the hill.
- Admission:
- Free, donation.
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Grasshopper Chapel Beautiful Setting. A chapel erected to remember when Minnesota was having a grasshopper plague. The Gov. issued a state wide Day of Prayer. A freak sleet storm came and killed all the grasshoppers and their eggs. At the top of a hill, surrounded by trees, you almost feel like you are in another world. [sue, 02/16/2005][RA: Another world... a world denuded of grasshoppers!]
Death to All Grasshoppers chapel This is a beautiful and peaceful place, containing a small chapel, Ways of
the Cross etc. It is up on a hill, very secluded -- you feel like you are in another world. Constructed as a thank you to God for sending a freezing rain to stop a massive grasshopper plague just as the hoppers were starting to hatch. Beautifully landscaped and maintained. [Sue Monson, 10/05/2002]
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