You don’t need to go far to find some beautiful fall foliage in Bismarck. A while back I found these leaves, and many other colorful varieties, right on Main Avenue! In fact, the blue behind them isn’t even the sky; it’s the back of the sign of the office building at the corner of Main and Mandan Street. I can’t believe I spaced the name of it…wait! It’s Tuscany Square.

One interesting thing is that the map graphic on the home page of the Bismarck Historical Society lists east-west roads as “Streets” and north-south ones as “Avenues.” For instance, there’s Washington Avenue and Sweet Street. The map is from 1883, so something must have changed in the 125 years since. Main Avenue, however, is listed on the map as “Main A”…so perhaps it has never been Main Street.