Vintage Vending at Mickey's

While we were in Minnesota we had to stop and eat at the world famous Mickey's Dining Car in St. Paul.  They've got a great greasy breakfast that we highly recommend.

Inside the vintage trappings of the Art Deco diner we found a few vintage treasures.  At the booth was a Seeburg Wall-O-Matic tabletop jukebox:

And right behind where we sat was an old Watling Scale Co. scale.  For two cents you can get what might be your accurate weight:

Penny Press #7 - Soudan Underground Mine

Penny Press #6 - - Penny Press #5 - - Penny Press #4
Penny Press #3  - - Penny Press #2 - - Penny Press #1

It's always a good idea to take some change with you when you travel.  You never know when a penny smashing opportunity will present itself.  A recent trip to Minnesota provided some squashed penny goodness.

This beauty was waiting for me at the Soudan Underground Mine State Park.  Even if you aren't looking for a new flattened penny, I still recommend stopping by and taking the tour.  

Options include a generic Minnesota State Park campfire, the mine elevator and a bat.  I went with the location specific elevator design: