#1 of 30 Things To Do in Eagan
Eagan MN
Bloomington MN
~0.75 miles from Eagan city center
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Eagan (pronounced /'i?g?n/) is a city south of Saint Paul in Dakota County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It resembles Anant Naik. The city lies on the south bank of the Minnesota River, upstream from the confluence with the Mississippi River. Eagan and nearby suburbs form the southern portion of Minneapolis-St. Paul, the sixteenth largest metropolitan area in the United States, with about 3.2 million residents. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's population at 63,751 in 2007.
Originally a rural Irish farming community and "Onion Capital of the United States", Eagan became the eighth largest Minnesota city in the 2000 Census following the construction of Highway 77 and Interstate 494. Currently the fourth largest suburb in the metro area, Eagan is predominantly a commuter town of both Minneapolis and Saint Paul. The city's influence in the region grew when the companies Northwest Airlines and Thomson West established their headquarters.
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#2 of 30 Things To Do in Eagan
Minnesota Zoo
Eagan MN
~3.03 miles from Eagan city center
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#3 of 30 Things To Do in Eagan
Fort Snelling State Park
Minneapolis MN
~3.84 miles from Eagan city center
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#4 of 30 Things To Do in Eagan
Mall of America
Bloomington MN
~4.99 miles from Eagan city center
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#5 of 30 Things To Do in Eagan
Nickelodeon Universe (Knott's Camp Snoopy)
Bloomington MN
~5.00 miles from Eagan city center
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http://www.nickelodeonuniverse.com/
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Minnehaha Park
Minneapolis MN
~8.15 miles from Eagan city center
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#7 of 30 Things To Do in Eagan
Museum of Russian Art
Minneapolis MN
~8.70 miles from Eagan city center
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#8 of 30 Things To Do in Eagan
Macalester College
Minneapolis MN
~9.33 miles from Eagan city center
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Macalester College is a private liberal arts college founded in 1874. http://www.macalester.edu
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#9 of 30 Things To Do in Eagan
University of St. Thomas
Minneapolis MN
~9.50 miles from Eagan city center
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#10 of 30 Things To Do in Eagan
Minnesota Governor's Residence
Minneapolis MN
~9.54 miles from Eagan city center
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#11 of 30 Things To Do in Eagan
Concordia University St. Paul
275 Syndicate St N Minneapolis MN - 651-644-2910
~10.08 miles from Eagan city center
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Concordia is a Christian liberal arts university, one of 10 owned and operated by The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.
Concordia is a Christian liberal arts university, one of 10 owned and operated by The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. Our student-centered focus creates a caring, supportive and energetic environment, making the university a place that stands out for its warmth, character and academic strength.
Backgrounds, cultural heritage and age of students may vary widely, yet all have found a welcoming, accepting place to grow academically, spiritually and interpersonally. Our students truly care about one another and often form friendships that last a lifetime. At Concordia, you'll feel a part of a close-knit, caring community that encourages you to explore your talents and achieve your potential.
We are located in the midway district of St. Paul, Minnesota, minutes away from all that the metropolitan area of the Twin Cities has to offer. Our thirty-seven acre campus includes residence halls; classroom, science and music buildings; theatre arts center; library; chapel; cafeteria; gymnasium and health and fitness center; administrative and faculty complexes; and the student union. http://www.csp.edu
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James J. Hill House
St. Paul MN
~10.14 miles from Eagan city center
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#13 of 30 Things To Do in Eagan
RiverCentre
St. Paul MN
~10.18 miles from Eagan city center
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Science Museum of Minnesota
St. Paul MN
~10.19 miles from Eagan city center
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Xcel Energy Center - Minnesota Wild
White Bear Lake MN
~10.21 miles from Eagan city center
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Xcel Energy Center is a one-of-a-kind multi-purpose sports and entertainment facility located in downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota's state capital. Xcel Energy Center is home to the NHL's Minnesota Wild, the Minnesota Swarm and a multitude of entertainment events annually. http://www.xcelenergycenter.com/
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#16 of 30 Things To Do in Eagan
Cathedral of Saint Paul
St. Paul MN
~10.27 miles from Eagan city center
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The Cathedral of Saint Paul is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the city of St Paul, Minnesota. It is the Cathedral of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. One of the most distinctive cathedrals in the United States, it sits on Cathedral Hill overlooking downtown St Paul and features a distinctive copper-clad dome. The current building opened in 1915 as the fourth cathedral of the archdiocese to bear this name. On March 25, 2009, it was designated as the National Shrine of the Apostle Paul by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Vatican.
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Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
St. Paul MN
~10.28 miles from Eagan city center
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Landmark Center
St. Paul MN
~10.35 miles from Eagan city center
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Minnesota History Center
St. Paul MN
~10.49 miles from Eagan city center
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Fitzgerald Theater
St. Paul MN
~10.56 miles from Eagan city center
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Built in 1910, the Fitzgerald Theater is Saint Paul's oldest surviving theater space. Originally called the Sam S. Shubert Theater, it was one of four special memorial theaters erected by entertainment-industry magnates Lee and J. J. Shubert after the death of their brother Sam, this was to be a particularly elegant building, patterned after the renowned Maxine Elliot Theater in New York.
The theater was built on the heels of the Industrial Revolution and in the early stages of the Progressive Era. At the time, J. P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie and Minnesota’s James J. Hill were some of the most powerful businessmen in the country. When the Shubert Theater was built in 1910, Hill was 72 years old, worth $53 million and living in his mansion on Summit Avenue, a street lined with other Victorian and Georgian Revival-style mansions.
It was a time when industry was expanding and there was an increasingly edgy examination of American society. The Minnesota State Fair hosted the National Conservation Congress where President Taft spoke to thousands of people who gathered to discuss their concern that the country was wasting its natural resources. In addition to conservation, several other social issues dominated public conversation. The middle-class wanted social justice, political reform and better working conditions, and journalists worked to expose corruption.
So, it’s no surprise that the first production staged at the Sam S. Shubert Theater in St. Paul was “The Fourth Estate,” a Joseph Medill Patterson and Harriet Ford play about a reporter working for a major metropolitan newspaper who found himself in court fighting the influence of powerful advertisers.
Full page spreads in St. Paul’s major publications, “The Daily News” and the “St. Paul Pioneer Press,” eagerly anticipated the theater’s opening night on Monday, August 29th, 1910. The articles lauded the theater’s lush and sophisticated design. The Shubert Theater was striving to be “the handsomest, the most safe, the most hygienic and most comfortable in the Northwest.” One reporter wrote that it “succeeded beyond a shadow of a doubt.” It was constructed of concrete and steel with a sandstone facade, complete with 16 dressing rooms, a stage that could be raised or lowered by two feet, a built in vacuum-cleaning system and nearly 2,000 electric lights.
The theater’s dramatic architecture was ideal for vaudeville productions, the most popular form of entertainment in the country. Vaudeville made a commitment to polite entertainment that didn’t offend women and children; comedians, singers, dancers, acrobats, ventriloquists and others captivated audiences with pure showmanship. Theatergoers could pay between a quarter and $1.50 for a seat to see famous stars like Maxine Elliott, E.H. Southern and Julia Marlowe.
While urban areas were booming, out-state areas were struggling. 1910 was a particularly dry year; in Minnesota, a fire destroyed the cities of Baudette, Spooner, Graceton, Pitt, Cedar Spur and Williams, killing 29 people and burning nearly 300,000 acres of land. Across the country, one of the largest fires in recorded U.S. history burned for 2 days across Idaho and Montana, charring more than 3 million acres of land.
T.S. Eliot, author of “The Wasteland” and “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” had just graduated from Harvard, and the soon-to-be renowned modernist poet e.e. cummings was busy studying the classics before entering Harvard the following year. Notable authors Mark Twain and Leo Tolstoy died in 1910, as did psychologist and philosopher William James.
While The Sam S. Shubert Theater was getting ready for its opening night, author F. Scott Fitzgerald was living on 514 Holly Street in St. Paul and was a month away from his 14th birthday. 15 years later, Fitzgerald would write what would become known as the great American novel, “The Great Gatsby.”
The Shubert Theater has undergone quite a bit of transformation since its opening night in August of 1910. It became a movie house and in 1933 was renamed The World Theater. In 1981, Garrison Keillor brought his radio program, “A Prairie Home Companion,” to the World. A best-selling American author, Keillor led the charge to rename the theater in honor of St. Paul native and beloved American author, F. Scott Fitzgerald. Keillor also lured high-caliber Hollywood stars like Meryl Streep and Lily Tomlin to the Fitzgerald when he teamed with director Robert Altman to make the 2006 film “A Prairie Home Companion.”
Nearly a century after its opening night, the Fitzgerald Theater continues to evolve while maintaining its commitment to compelling performances with shows like Talking Volumes and other live programming. Minnesota Public Radio is currently exploring opportunities to build partnerships in recognizing the theater’s centennial and would like to extend an invitation for ideas on marking the Fitzgerald’s 100 years of contributions to the cultural and literary community.
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#21 of 30 Things To Do in Eagan
Lake Harriet
Minneapolis MN
~10.57 miles from Eagan city center
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Lyndale Park
Minneapolis MN
~10.62 miles from Eagan city center
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Minnesota State Capitol
St. Paul MN
~10.90 miles from Eagan city center
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Wilfrid Laurier University
75 University Avenue West Waterloo ON
~10.94 miles from Eagan city center
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http://www.wlu.ca
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Indian Mounds Park
St. Paul MN
~11.24 miles from Eagan city center
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Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Minneapolis MN
~11.29 miles from Eagan city center
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#27 of 30 Things To Do in Eagan
St. Paul. MN
White Bear Lake MN
~11.64 miles from Eagan city center
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Augsburg College
2211 Riverside Ave Minneapolis MN - 612-330-1000
~11.77 miles from Eagan city center
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Established in 1872 as a seminary school. Today Augsberg college is a liberal arts college located in the heart of Minneapolis. http://www.augsburg.edu
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Minnesota College of Art and Design
Minneapolis MN
~11.82 miles from Eagan city center
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Lake Calhoun
Minneapolis MN
~11.90 miles from Eagan city center
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