I'm not looking for perfection.  I much prefer quirky and interesting.  And if like attracts like,  that's probably why I'm so crazy about Jordan, Minnesota located about 20 minutes south of the Twin Cities.  While Melanie was digging around in the antique shops, I was poking around where I didn't belong looking for, who knows what?

I wasn't disappointed in the gems I spotted.  Jordan is full of little old, imperfect buildings and old-fashioned gardens.

There were courtyards between buildings and surprising spaces along Sand Creek which runs through the city. 

 It couldn't have felt more like a Sunday afternoon from bygone days if it had tried.  Jordan has the most wonderful small town feeling about it.

Then, to top things off, there were some great places we could stop to have a treat after our antiquing expedition. 

Jordan has maintained its integrity and not given way to the kind of "improvements" that turn towns from charming to commercial.

There's just something soulful about a river town . . .