Julius Sturgis started his bakery here in 1861. Production long ago moved to larger and more modern facilities with the original location becoming something of a museum and company store. Tours are offered and, if today was any indication, well attended. As part of the tour, everyone is given training in how to twist a pretzel. Doesn't mine look good? OK, I cannot tell a lie -- successfully. The pictured pretzel was the handy work of the young lady to my left. My hands produced the tortured bit of dough shown here. Julius specialized in, perhaps even invented, hard pretzels. That's still what the company produces, in wide variety, under the name of Julius' grandson, Tom. The only pretzels currently made at the original location are soft pretzels made the old fashioned way and sold directly in the store. Current twisters don't quite match the 50 or so per minute that 10 cent per hour workers once managed but they're still pretty fast and smooth and fun to watch.