The Venetian Carousel located in the Maplewood Mall in Maplewood, Minnesota, provides entertainment and a brief respite from shopping for a nominal fee. Children are drawn to the music and 2000 lights, as are some of us older children as well. Lighted stairs lead to the second level. Graceful horses with real tails spin about rising up and down in the circle. There's even a black horse for good luck. Murals by Venetian artists Grazia and Leno grace the revolving surfaces. The carousel was shipped here from Venice in thousands of pieces over 100 years ago and reassembled in its permanent home in Maplewood. It's the perfect place for fairy tales and enchantment.
I tried to find the origin of the black horse for good luck, but the only place I could find it was in the copy for carousels.
Posted by: Bonnie Erickson | April 21, 2008 at 09:49 PM
I don't know a thing about the black horse being good luck but I'd like to hear more!
Posted by: Carole Cohen | April 20, 2008 at 10:35 AM