If you are plain sick and tired of running around and desperately need some quiet, Mineral Point is the place for you. Different-shaped sun catchers hang on the front door of the Sirius Sunlight Glass in Mineral Point. Shake Rag St. Mineral Point is as hip as Gundry and Gray's, a New York-style deli with espresso and as humble as the Red Rooster Cafe across the street, with every known image of roosters all collected in one little cafe. On the main street, High St., old stone buildings with carved wood trim snuggle up close to the narrow street.
Many buildings are the work of Cornish stone masons.
Commerce St. has developed into an artisans' enclave. And then there's Jail Alley. Curt Theobald, who owns Jail Alley House antiques with partner Ron Fay, stood in his crowded but organized shop and talked about how things slow down here for the holidays. Jail Alley gets its name, he notes, because this was once the county seat, and the jail was behind the courthouse, which was on nearby High St. To tear it down, it had to be blown up, he says.