Peanuts Quest

The City of St. Paul created a number of tributes to native son Charles Shulz. There were a hundreds of statues each year, decorated by local artists and placed around the metro - called Peanuts on Parade.  The first Peanuts on Parade was Snoopy in 2000. 2001 = Charlie Brown About Town; 2002 = Looking for Lucy; 2003 = Linus Blankets Saint Paul; 2004 = Doghouse Days of Summer.  They were auctioned off at the end of each summer and many were sold to private collectors.  But, there are enough still around to make a fun quest.  There were plaques on each indicating the name of the statue and who the artist and sponsor was. Many of those have been removed or worn away for one reason or another so I pick up pieces from other blogs to try to determine the names of those without the plaques.

Apparently Santa Rosa, Calif. picked up where St. Paul left off and had a series of their own Peanuts on Parade statues - so if you get to California....and Snoopy the Astronaut is at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

So my quest began.  Adding a twist of difficulty some appear to move so where I found some may not be where you will find them...

Lucy at St. John's with Diamonds is found in the main entrance at St. John's Hospital in Maplewood. St. John's is at 1575 Beam Avenue, Maplewood, MN. From Highway MN-36 take US-61 N to Beam Avenue (on the right at the light).  Turn left just past the Costco on Hazelwood Street. Go up to St. John's Blvd and if you park in the lot directly on the left walk across towards the Heart Care Center but go to the main entrance (just follow the sidewalk).  If you find valet parking you are very close!  She's found in the breezeway so you don't have to hunt around at all!

Work Zone Charlie Brown is in the lobby of the Department of Transportation at the Water's Edge Building on County Road B2 West, Roseville, MN.  There is ample parking at the DOT which is near the Snelling Avenue intersection and just east of Rosedale Mall. Just go in the main entrance and you'll see Chuck.  There is a reception desk but I just told the guy that I was there to take a picture of Charlie Brown and he waved me on barely able to control rolling his eyes :) - it's right in the lobby near the reception desk.  Apparently Chuck travels to the fair each year too.

No Luck at the Lake found outside of Joe's Sporting Goods 33 County Road B East, Little Canada, MN. Joe's can be found just off of Highway MN-36 at the Rice Street exit.  Cub Foods is on Rice and County Road B. Go past Cub on B and Joe's is not far - on the left.  It sits outside and is easy to find.

Supposedly there is a Snoopy at the corner of Finn and Grand on or right near the University of St. Thomas. Found the location but couldn't locate Snoopy.  Unless it's not outside anymore.  This one was called St. Thomas' Snoopy and was decorated with tons of images and donated to the university by an alumnus.  Apparently there have been vandalism attacks against it in the past so it was probably removed once again by the university and put in storage. Sad.

I Love Sleepy Eye found a few hours southwest of the metro in the burg of Sleepy Eye. The western end of Highway 14 (known as Main Street in Sleepy Eye) sits the cute little Dyckman Free Library.  Right on Main Street sits Linus.  Hard to miss? Well maybe, but I missed it my first trek through town. :) So, if you are head west and find you run out of city turn yourself around and I bet you'll find him! He is directly across from Hardee's and kitty corner from a few gas stations. 

Renaissance Dog and Stargazing both Snoopy statues found at the St. Paul Public Library - Rice Street Branch.  The Snoopy's look out at Rice Street and there is a parking lot at the corner of Rice and Hatch St. The address is 1011 Rice Street. I went early on a bright sunny day so the reflections of the windows produced less than ideal conditions for taking pictures.

Stargazing

Renaissance Dog

Remember, Restore, Rejoice and (maybe) Bound to Be Linus are part of the Premiere Bank gang. Apparently these rotate between Premiere Bank branches so you might not always find them where I did.  These were found at the Premiere Bank at White Bear Avenue and Beam Street in Maplewood.  It is directly across the street from Walgreens.  You need to turn on Beam as they sit at the entrance off the parking lot.

Remember, Restore, Rejoice

Bound to be Linus (unsure if that's the name)

Lucy Loves Chocolate and Swirlie Charlie were a drive by, hey, look! moment.  Seen as I was on the on ramp to get from Hwy 61 South to Hwy 36 West I had to backtrack to figure out how to get to them. The address is 1081 Highway 36 but you need to take a frontage road to gain access. While on Hwy 61 south heading towards the 36 junction there is a frontage road on the right. Take that to the left and drive all the way around past the big curve. The Whitaker Sports and Import Cars building is on the right - if you keep going you'll be able to hit the onramp for Hwy 36 W.

Swirlie Charlie

Lucy Loves Chocolate