James J. Hill House: The Empire Builder’s St. Paul Mansion
Summit Avenue is America’s best-preserved Victorian boulevard, and its crown is the James J. Hill House — 36,000 square feet of Richardsonian Romanesque grandeur built...
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Minnesota Transportation Museum: Climb Aboard History at the Roundhouse
The Jackson Street Roundhouse is one of the last working railroad roundhouses in America — and the Minnesota Transportation Museum makes it a playground of...
Twin City Model Railroad Museum: Miniature Minnesota, Running on Time
Since 1934, volunteers have been building the Twin Cities in miniature — and the Twin City Model Railroad Museum in St. Paul is their cathedral....
Schubert Club Music Museum: A World of Instruments in Landmark Center
Inside St. Paul’s storybook Landmark Center, the Schubert Club Music Museum holds a simple, radical belief: instruments are for playing. Its Keyboard Studio and global...
Minnesota Museum of American Art: The M, St. Paul’s Art Heart
One of America’s oldest art museums (founded 1894) has one of its freshest missions. The Minnesota Museum of American Art — everyone calls it The...
Minnesota History Center: The State’s Memory Palace in St. Paul
Between the State Capitol and the Cathedral of St. Paul stands the Minnesota History Center — the state’s memory palace, home to the Minnesota Historical...
Science Museum of Minnesota: Dinosaurs, Omnitheater and River Views
Perched on the St. Paul river bluff, the Science Museum of Minnesota is the Upper Midwest’s science heavyweight: 370,000 square feet where a Triceratops skeleton...
