...has closed its doors. At the very least the museum at Alpenrose Dairy is the weirdest one I've ever set foot in within city limits. Housed in a barn, the museum contained a turn-of-the-century hearse, dozens of creepy dolls, a giant music box and lots of milk-related memorabilia. It's all going up on an auction block soon. I'm glad I made it over there one last time a few years ago.

I grew up within walking distance of Alpenrose and once a year my elementary school went on a field trip to the dairy. The highlight was always the museum. The lowlight was the milking room where, one by one, we all had to take turns tugging on a milk cow's teat.

Awwwww, childhood memories.

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