The Lydia gas station is gone.

I didn't even notice until today, when I drove by on my way to work. It must've been bulldozed while I was on vacation, because I would've noticed it otherwise.

For years, the gas station sat dilapidated on one of the corners at the intersection of highways 13 and 282 and County Road 17. But I can imagine it bustling, a stop between the Twin Cities and the Hub.