They wanted people to come and stop and see and enjoy -- to relax, to picnic. So people came out here to have a wonderful day.

It was really heavily planted with lilacs. That was something that was unique, then.

They don't know the history of what was here. Highway 100 was unique.

This was a fireplace where you could roast your hot dog. Your roadway experience really could be a wonderful place.

Some of these wonderful little stops were not things that we looked for the same way.

People apparently came from places beyond Minnesota to come and see and drive Lilac Way or Lilac Drive.