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Minnehaha Park
Minneapolis MN
~0.47 miles from Minneapolis-St. Paul city center
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Today, the falls are located near the entrance of Minnehaha Park in Minneapolis. The park is divided into two main portions, an upper section above the falls which is kept trimmed and maintained like many other city parks, and the lower section which is largely left in a natural state which is largely popular for free climbing due to the steep terrain. Minnehaha Park is a popular site for cultural festivities and weddings.Some historic structures are located in the park.The home of John H. Stevens, built in 1849 or 1850 near St. Anthony Falls was moved to Minnehaha Park in 1896. According to the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, the home has the distinction of being the first wood-frame dwelling built west of the Mississippi. It was in this home that the name Minneapolis was sugge...
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University of St. Thomas
Minneapolis MN
~1.65 miles from Minneapolis-St. Paul city center
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The University of St. Thomas (also known as UST or simply St. Thomas) is a coeducational archdiocesan Roman Catholic institution of higher learning based in St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Founded in 1885 as a Catholic seminary, it is named after St. Thomas Aquinas, a medieval Catholic theologian and philosopher who is the patron saint of learners in the Roman Catholic Church. Now a nationally recognized university, it currently enrolls more than 11,000 students, making it Minnesota's largest private college or university. St. Thomas' recently revised mission statement.Inspired by Catholic intellectual tradition, the University of St. Thomas educates students to be morally responsible leaders who think critically, act wisely, and work skillfully to advance the common good.Father D...
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Macalester College
Minneapolis MN
~2.61 miles from Minneapolis-St. Paul city center
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Macalester College is a private liberal arts college founded in 1874.Macalester College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It was founded in 1874 as a Presbyterian-affiliated but nonsectarian college. Its first class entered September 15, 1885. The college is located on a 53 acre (21.4 ha) campus in a historic residential neighborhood and includes seven academic buildings, ten residences, a library, and a technology center. Notable alumni include Kofi Annan, Walter Mondale, DeWitt Wallace, Alexander Wendt, Ari Emanuel, Peter Berg, Tim O'Brien, Bob Mould and Charles Baxter. Macalester enrolls approximately 1,850 undergraduate students. The school is known for its large international enrollment and has one of the highest percentages of fore...
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Museum of Russian Art
Minneapolis MN
~3.22 miles from Minneapolis-St. Paul city center
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The Museum of Russian Art (TMORA) is a museum in Minneapolis, Minnesota that houses a collection of Russian art from the 20th century, especially Soviet art.TMORA took up residence in the thoroughly remodeled former Mayflower Church in South Minneapolis, a 75 year old building, which previously served as a Congregational church and funeral home. The building received special recognition for adaptive reuse from the Minnesota Heritage Preservation Commission.Among the highlights of TMORA's extensive schedule of exhibitions is Masterpieces of Russian Lacquer Art, featuring over a hundred lacquered miniatures from Fedoskino, Palekh, Kholuy and Mstera on loan from the Toy and Miniature Museum of Kansas City, the State Tretyakov Gallery of Moscow and the Museum of Decorative, Applied and Fol...
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Augsburg College
2211 Riverside Ave Minneapolis MN - 612-330-1000
~3.27 miles from Minneapolis-St. Paul 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.
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Concordia University St. Paul
275 Syndicate St N Minneapolis MN - 651-644-2910
~3.53 miles from Minneapolis-St. Paul 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 achie...
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Weisman Art Museum
Minneapolis MN
~3.65 miles from Minneapolis-St. Paul city center
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The Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum located on the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus in Minneapolis has been a teaching museum for the university since 1934. The museum's current building, designed by renowned architect Frank Gehry, was completed in 1993. The stainless steel skin was fabricated and installed by the A. Zahner Company, a frequent collaborator with Gehry's office.It is one of the major landmarks on campus, situated on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River at the east end of the Washington Avenue Bridge. The building presents two faces, depending on which side it is viewed from. From the campus side, it presents a brick facade that blends with the existing brick and sandstone buildings. On the opposite side, the museum is a playground of curving and angular brus...
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Minnesota College of Art and Design
Minneapolis MN
~3.74 miles from Minneapolis-St. Paul city center
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MCAD educates individuals to be professional artists and designers, effective leaders, and active citizens and, through this work and other activities, advances the cultural life of its community.To achieve this mission, MCAD:Challenges students to achieve the highest level of artistic creativity and expression, intellectual understanding and professional development;Provides a rigorous studio-based and liberal studies program for dedicated undergraduate and graduate students;Offers continuing education and sponsors fellowships for professionals;Presents exhibitions, lectures and enrichment courses in art and design for people of all ages.VisionIn the quality of its program and what it achieves for its students, the Minneapolis College of Art and Design is committed to be...
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Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Minneapolis MN
~3.80 miles from Minneapolis-St. Paul city center
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA) is a fine art museum located in the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, on a campus that covers nearly 8 acres (32,000 m²), formerly Morrison Park. As a major, government-funded public museum, the Institute does not charge an entrance fee, except for special exhibitions, and allows photography of its permanent collection for personal or scholarly use only. The museum receives support from the Park Board Museum Fund, levied by the Hennepin County commissioners. Additional funding is provided by corporate sponsors and museum members.
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Minnesota Governor's Residence
Minneapolis MN
~3.81 miles from Minneapolis-St. Paul city center
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The Minnesota Governor's Residence serves as the official home of the governor of Minnesota. The house, located at 1006 Summit Avenue in Saint Paul, sits on 1.5 acres (6,000 m²) of land. The building is slightly over 16,000 square feet (1,500 m²).The house was designed by Minneapolis architect William Channing Whitney for Saint Paul lumberman Horace Hills Irvine and his family. The 20 room English Tudor house has nine bedrooms, eight bathrooms, and nine fireplaces. The Irvine family lived in the home from 1912 until 1965, when the Irvines' youngest daughters, Clotilde Irvine Moles and Olivia Irvine Dodge, donated it to the people of Minnesota to serve as the official residence of the First Family.The Minnesota Legislature in 1965 passed a law accepting the donation and designating the ...
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University of Minnesota
240 Williamson Hall Minneapolis MN - 612-625-2008
~3.85 miles from Minneapolis-St. Paul city center
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The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (U of M or regionally The U) is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest[3] main campus student body in the United States, with 51,659 students in 2009-2010.
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Lyndale Park
Minneapolis MN
~3.93 miles from Minneapolis-St. Paul city center
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Lyndale Park is located on the northeast side of Lake Harriet in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is adjacent to the Lakewood Cemetery and between Lakes Calhoun and Lake Harriet. It is part of an enormous greenspace circling through Minneapolis called the Grand Rounds Scenic Byway, and is one of the seven districts within, called the Chain of Lakes. The other six districts within Grand Rounds are the Downtown Riverfront, Mississippi River, Minnehaha, Theodore Wirth, Victory Memorial Parkway, and Northeast. Managed by the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, the 53-mile (85 km) parkway system has numerous parks and parkways, lakes (22 within the city limits), streams and creeks, the Mississippi River, and the 53-foot (16 m) high Minnehaha Falls. The 6,400-acre (26 km2) park system is designed s...
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Bell Museum of Natural History
Minneapolis MN
~4.07 miles from Minneapolis-St. Paul city center
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The Bell Museum of Natural History is a museum located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on the campus of the University of Minnesota. On display are numerous animal specimens from all over the world. The museum is currently planning a move to the University of Minnesota St. Paul campus.The James Ford Bell Museum of Natural History was established by state legislative mandate in 1872 to collect, preserve, skillfully prepare, display, and interpret our state's diverse animal and plant life for scholarly research and teaching and for public appreciation, enrichment, and enjoyment. Its governance belongs, by state legislative designation, to the University of Minnesota. The Bell Museum of Natural History is a portal to experiences that bring people closer to the natural world. It is a small, per...
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Humphrey Metrodome - Minnesota Vikings
Minneapolis MN
~4.08 miles from Minneapolis-St. Paul city center
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The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, often simply called The Metrodome, is a domed sports stadium in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. The field was renamed Mall of America Field at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in October 2009. Opened in 1982, it replaced Metropolitan Stadium, which was on the current site of the Mall of America in Bloomington (which, beginning a three year deal on October 5, 2009, now holds naming rights for the Metrodome's field[3]), and Memorial Stadium on the University of Minnesota campus. The Metrodome is home to the National Football League's Minnesota Vikings, and is occasionally used by the Big Ten's Minnesota Golden Gophers college baseball team. The stadium was also the home of the Minnesota Twins from 1982 to 2009.The stadium is 27 years old, making it t...
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Minneapolis Convention Center
Minneapolis
~4.35 miles from Minneapolis-St. Paul city center
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The Minneapolis Convention Center is located in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Convention Center offers a variety of banquet halls and meeting rooms perfect for any occasion.The Minneapolis Convention Center is a large convention center located in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is located one block away from Nicollet Mall near Orchestra Hall. The Minneapolis Convention Center has a quadruple-domed roof and because of its volume can host multiple events on the same day. The Minneapolis Convention Center is also the largest indoor, contiguous, convention center in the upper midwest.
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Guthrie Theater
Minneapolis MN
~4.37 miles from Minneapolis-St. Paul city center
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The Guthrie Theater is a center for theater performance, production, education, and professional training in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the result of the desire of Sir Tyrone Guthrie, Oliver Rea, and Peter Zeisler to create a resident acting company that would produce and perform the classics in an atmosphere removed from the commercial pressures of Broadway.The Guthrie opened on May 7, 1963, with a production of Hamlet, with George Grizzard portraying the lead and directed by Sir Tyrone Guthrie. It moved to a new, three-theater building after closing its 2005 - 2006 season with a production Hamlet on May 7, 2006.
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Lake Harriet
Minneapolis MN
~4.38 miles from Minneapolis-St. Paul city center
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Lake Harriet is a lake in the southwest part of Minneapolis, just south of Lake Calhoun and north of Minnehaha Creek. The lake is surrounded by parkland as part of the Minneapolis Chain of Lakes. The lake has an area of 335 acres (1.36 km2) and a maximum depth of 85 feet (26 m).Lake Harriet is very popular for recreation. It offers sailing, two beaches, and a system of bike and pedestrian trails (about 3 miles (4.8 km) for the bike trail and 2.75 miles (4.43 km) for the pedestrian trail). The trail and parkway system, part of the Grand Rounds Scenic Byway, connects with Lake Calhoun on the north end via William Berry Parkway and with the Minnehaha Creek trail system on the southeast corner. The north end of the lake also offers a bandshell, which is used in the summer months for concerts...
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Washburn A Mill
Minneapolis MN
~4.40 miles from Minneapolis-St. Paul city center
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The first Washburn A Mill, built by C. C. Washburn in 1874, was declared the largest flour mill in the world upon its completion, and contributed to the development of Minneapolis. On May 2, 1878, a spark ignited airborne flour dust within the mill, creating an explosion that demolished the Washburn A and killed 14 workers instantly. The ensuing fire resulted in the deaths of four more people, destroyed five other mills, and reduced Minneapolis’s milling capacity by one third. By 1880, a new Washburn A Mill, designed by Austrian engineer William de la Barre, opened as the largest flour mill in the world, a designation it retained until the Pillsbury A Mill opened across the river in 1881.At the peak of the Washburn A Mill's production, it could grind over 100 boxcars of wheat into almost...
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Mill Ruins Park
Minneapolis MN
~4.51 miles from Minneapolis-St. Paul city center
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Mill Ruins Park is a park in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, standing on the west side of Saint Anthony Falls on the Mississippi River. The park interprets the history of flour milling in Minneapolis and shows the ruins of several flour mills that were abandoned.The park is the result of an archaeological study of the Saint Anthony Falls Historic District. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. In 1983, a project was being considered to extend West River Parkway along the west side of the Mississippi River in downtown Minneapolis. Scott Anfinson, then the municipal county highway archaeologist for the Minnesota Historical Society, developed a plan to assess archaeological sites along the riverfront. A number of test excavations along ...
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Minneapolis City Hall
Minneapolis MN
~4.51 miles from Minneapolis-St. Paul city center
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Minneapolis City Hall and Hennepin County Courthouse (also known as the Municipal Building), designed by Long and Kees, is the main building used by the city government of Minneapolis, Minnesota, also serving Hennepin County. The current structure has served many different purposes since it was built, although today the building is 60 percent used by the city and 40 percent by the county. The building is jointly owned by the city and county divided right down the middle and controlled by the Municipal Building Commission. The Commission consists of the chair of the County Board, the mayor of the City of Minneapolis, a member of the County Board and a member of the Minneapolis City Council. The County Board chair serves as the president of the Commission and the mayor serves as the vice pre...
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University of Minnesota St. Paul
Minneapolis MN
~4.56 miles from Minneapolis-St. Paul city center
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The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (U of M or regionally The U) is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 51,659 students in 2009-2010.
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Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Minneapolis MN
~4.58 miles from Minneapolis-St. Paul city center
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Fort Snelling State Park
Minneapolis MN
~4.68 miles from Minneapolis-St. Paul city center
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Fort Snelling State Park is a 2,931-acre (11.86 km2) Minnesota state park at the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers. Its most notable feature is the historic Fort Snelling, which dates from 1820. The fort itself is operated by the Minnesota Historical Society and requires a separate entrance fee. The bulk of the state park preserves the bottomland forest, rivers, and backwater lakes below the river bluffs. The park was opened in 1962. Both the State Park and Historic Fort are part of the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, a National Park Service site.As of 2005, the park hosts 400,000 visitors annually and contains the restored fort, a visitor's center, eighteen miles (29 km) of cross-country skiing trails, eighteen miles (29 km) of hiking trails, and five mi...
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Loring Park
Minneapolis MN
~4.69 miles from Minneapolis-St. Paul city center
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Loring Park is the largest park in the Central Community of Minneapolis, Minnesota on the southwest corner of downtown Minneapolis. It also lends its name to the surrounding neighborhood.Designed by American landscape architect Horace Cleveland, the park contains a small lake (Loring Lake formerly known as Johnson's lake) and paths for walking and biking. Originally named Central Park it was renamed in honor of Charles M. Loring. The park is located on the former farm of Joseph and Nellie Johnson. The park is well-known for the summer "Movies in the Park" series. On Monday nights in the summer, films are shown on a drive-in movie screen. A band usually plays as the audience waits for nightfall. The park is also the site of the annual Twin Cities GLBT Pride Festival in June. Loring Park...
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Mall of America
Bloomington MN
~4.71 miles from Minneapolis-St. Paul city center
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Mall of America (also MOA, MoA or the Megamall) is a super-regional shopping mall located in the Twin Cities suburb of Bloomington, Minnesota, USA. The mall is located southeast of the junction of Interstate 494 and Minnesota State Highway 77, north of the Minnesota River and is across the interstate from the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. In the United States, it is the second largest enclosed mall in terms of retail space but is largest in terms of total enclosed floor area. Opened in 1992, the mall received 40 million visitors in 2006. Triple Five Group, owned by Canada's Ghermezian family, fully owns and manages the property.
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Walker Art Center
Minneapolis MN
~4.76 miles from Minneapolis-St. Paul city center
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The Walker Art Center is a contemporary art center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The Walker is considered one of the nation's "big five" museums for modern art along with the Museum of Modern Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum and the Hirschorn It was founded in 1879 by lumberman Thomas Barlow Walker and which he formally established at its current location in 1927 as the first public art gallery in the Upper Midwest. Directly across from the museum are the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, which opened in 1988; the Cowles Conservatory; and St. Mark's Cathedral. The Walker Art Center underwent a renovation and expanded the museum in April 2005.
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State Theatre
805 Hennepin Avenue Minneapolis MN
~4.79 miles from Minneapolis-St. Paul city center
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Orpheum Theatre
910 Hennepin Avenue Minneapolis MN
~4.80 miles from Minneapolis-St. Paul city center
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Minneapolis Public Library Central Branch
Minneapolis MN
~4.81 miles from Minneapolis-St. Paul city center
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The Minneapolis Public Library and Information Center (MPL) was a library system serving the residents of Minneapolis, Minnesota in the United States. It was founded as the publicly traded Minneapolis Athenæum in 1860 and became a free public library in 1885 founded by T. B. Walker.The library at the time of its merger with Hennepin County Library in 2008 included a central facility downtown and fourteen branch libraries. Each library also had a staff member who was assigned to local schools to discuss the services available at the library. According to the 2004 board report, the collection numbered about 3.1 million items with about 2.2 million of these housed in the central library.The Minneapolis Public Library joined the Hennepin County Library under the latter name on January 1, 2...
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Nickelodeon Universe (formerly Knott's Camp Snoopy)
Bloomington MN
~4.87 miles from Minneapolis-St. Paul city center
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The park was originally known as Knotts Camp Snoopy, and later, simply Camp Snoopy, and was themed around the Charles M. Schulz "Peanuts" comic strip characters. Camp Snoopy themed areas are still located at the following Cedar Fair parks: Cedar Point, Dorney Park, Knott's Berry Farm, Worlds of Fun, and Michigan's Adventure.Camp Snoopy was never aggressively themed to the Peanuts franchise; the park had a very outdoors and woodsy feel with more subtle references to the Peanuts franchise. Much of the original theming in Camp Snoopy fountain and all around the park were already toned down by the time the rights to the Peanuts characters were lost.Theming that was removed from the park prematurely and was never replaced include various kites near the ceiling, Charlie Brown and Lucy playin...
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