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St. Paul is such a charming city with fantastic architecture and so much to see and do. My St. Paul page has tips on the following:
Minnesota State Fair
State Capitol Building
Cathedral of St. Paul
Mickey's Diner
James J. Hill House
Summit Avenue
Science Museum of Minnesota
Como Park Zoo & Conservatory
Snoopy & Friends
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Updated Oct 4, 2010
Whatever your reason for going to Minneapolis, do not miss spending at least a day, perhaps several in St Paul. It is smaller but it is also the seat of Minnesota government and it has a lot more history.
Updated May 20, 2009
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They offer several different tour options, including: Cave tours, Gangster Tours, Politically Correct Tour, Twin Town Tacky Tour, and in October the Ghosts and Graves tour. Check out their website for a complete listing.
Prices are very reasonable. The Cave tour is only $5 for a tour that lasts 45-60min.
Updated Mar 28, 2008
Address: 215 Wabasha St S., Saint Paul, MN
Website: www.wabashastreetcaves.com
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This is a smallish zoo but it's free(suggested donation of 2.00 per adult and 1.00 per child)and it's attached to a beautiful conservatory, a historic carousel,and a small amusement park.
There is a brand new exhibit called : Tropical Encounters that is inside the brand-new visitors center on the opposite side as the gift shop.
Written Jan 9, 2007
Website: http://www.comozooconservatory.org/
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Our capitol building is beautiful inside and out.....and if you take part in the Art Treasure Hunt program or a guided tour,you'll learn alot. Our favorite piece is downstairs in the "basement" : a beautiful painting of our former governor Jesse Ventura who coined the phrase:
"It's A Joke Joke Joke!"
Written Jan 9, 2007
Address: 75 Dr. Martin Luther King Drive
Website: http://events.mnhs.org/calendar/hours.cfm?VenueID=15
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Located in downtown St. Paul and can be combined with visits to the Minnesota History Center....the Science Museum of Minnesota and the Minnesota Museum of Art which are all within a few blocks of each other.
Tours are available Mon-Wed-Fri @ 1 p.m.
Written Jan 9, 2007
Address: 239 Selby Ave
Website: http://www.cathedralsaintpaul.org/
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Step back in time and take a visit to an 1820's fort. There are some very interesting exhibits here...and of course costumed actors in character. They have different events and programs going on all the time. Sometimes they have spelling bees...sometimes they fire off the BIG cannons. My oldest won the spelling bee against children & grown adults and was the "last man standing" when they finally got her with "silhouette"....but she was ONLY 7 at the time!
Written Jan 9, 2007
Website: http://www.mnhs.org/places/sites/ohkf/
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Located just outside of downtown St. Paul and housing many interesting ongoing exhibits...this is a great place to go if you have an hour or two to kill...
Our favorite ongoing exhibit is the WEATHER PERMITTING exhibit that lets you explore what weather used to be like in Minnesota when we still had winters. You can experience a rather violet tornado that ripped through the area in the late 1960's. You go into this little house and it's like your hiding down the basement...the radio is playing the weather & news,the house is shaking,it gets dark,the wind blows and you actually feel like you're in the storm. It's freaky...a must visit. There is a spinning windblown tornado replica outside the house...so you can't miss it.
Updated Jan 8, 2007
Website: http://www.mnhs.org/historycenter/index.htm
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The Pavillion on Como Lake is used in the summer months for concerts and private parties. Sitting on the shores of Como Lake, a small recreational lake in the northern park of St. Paul. Surrounding the lake is a large park area with wilderness, athletic fields, picnic grounds, golf course, zoo and conservatory.
The lake is also a popular place for winter activities such as skating. The golf course near by is converted into a cross country ski area and is a popular sleding area as well.
Inside the Pavillion is a restaurant and coffee shop and is a popular place to get a bite to eat or a nice warm cup of cocoa after a day of walking or ice skating.
Updated Dec 23, 2004
Address: Lexington Avenue on Como Lake
Website: www.comozooconservatory.org/
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Starting off on the Mississippi River and ending at the Cathedral of St. Paul. Summit Ave is a picturesque avenue of mansions. It's been the home of St. Paul's most elite and powerfull.
The oldest part of the street begins near the Cathedral of St. Paul. The mansions here are immense victorian structures built for the powerful elite of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Here you will find the majestic Cathedral of St. Paul and the JJ Hill mansion, which overlooks downtown St. Paul.
As you head west on Summit Ave. , you will run into William Mitchell Law School and bit further the Governers mansion. A bit further as you cross Snelling Ave. you come upon Macalaster College. This is the college that Kofi Anan, the Secretary General of the UN graduated from.
About a mile further you will come to the University of St. Thomas, which in it's ever hungry growth has taken over several the mansions near it's campus to meet the demand for more buildings and land. From here it is only a few blocks until you run into the Mississippi River.
Written Dec 22, 2004
Address: Summit Avenue, St. Paul
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