St. Paul is the main and second largest city in Minnesota. Together with the neighboring Minneapolis they form a huge urbanized zone of twin cities. Objectively, St. Paul is smaller and more modest neighbor - but, perhaps, because it is more pleasant and cozy. The city is proud of its Irish heritage, its magnificent cathedral and the fact that the famous Scott Fitzgerald was born and started here.
How to get to St. Paul
The city serves the international airport of Minneapolis / Saint Paul (by the way, here one of the first transatlantic planes of this famous aviator can be seen here at Lindbergh terminal). In addition, you can get to St. Paul by train "Amtrak" from several American cities - for example, Chicago, Seattle or Portland. A lot of buses connect St. Paul with Chicago, Madison, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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A bit of history
Today's St. Paul has grown on the site of the present Lambert area, where the fur dealer and bootlegger Parrant Swine Eye opened in the 1840s .popular tavern .The following year, the first Catholic pastor of the region, Lucien Galte, founded here the chapel of St. .Paul, which soon turned into a famous cathedral .And in less than 20 years the city has already become the capital of the state .Then more than a thousand steamships were based in St. Paul, which made the city a key point for the further development of Minnesota and Dakota .And the city, respectively, was named "The Last City of the East" .
Entertainment, excursions and attractions of Saint Paul
The first thing any tourist in St. Paul should visit the Cathedral of St. .Pavel .It is one of the most distinctive and characteristic cathedrals in the USA: it is distinguished by a large copper dome covered with copper leaf and pointed towers around .Cathedral St. .Paul - the third in size (from the completed) and the fourth in height in the country, the height of its dome reaches 57 m .Construction in its present form refers to the year 1915 ., with external columns of granite and internal columns of marble, two dozen stained glass windows, a luxurious canopy and five bronze bells drawn from France in the late 20th century .
- Find a small image of a four-leaf clover in the wardrobe of the Capitol.
- Photograph bronze Schroeder and Lucy in the center of the city - the characters of the famous author of "peanut" comics (and Snoopy) Charles Schultz, a native of St. Paul.
- Take the map of the "Fitzgerald places" in the tourist center and go on a trip on them. Or at least look at the house on Laurel Avenue, where the writer was born.
- Visit the market Hmongtown - the largest enclave of the country for immigrant hmong. Try Vietnamese, Lao and Thai cuisine and buy, for example, a copper gong.
The state capitol, like many other American Capitol, was built according to classical Roman Catholic patterns - in particular, in the likeness of the cathedral Sv .Petra in the Vatican .At the time of its construction, the unsupported dome became the second largest in the world (after the same cathedral) .The Capitol started to be built in 1896 .and completed in 1905 .(it was already the third building, since the first one burned down, and the second one was almost immediately after the construction was recognized as too small) .Today, above the southern entrance, one can see the sculptural quadriga "Progress of the State", created in 1906 ., and in the interior - a beautiful finish of different types of stone, monuments and murals in the rotunda .
Another beautiful city building is the Landmark Center, which is between the Market and Washington. It looks like a fairytale castle with pointed turrets and a high bell tower. Initially, the building was built like a post office and a federal court, and today there are several art galleries here.
It is definitely worth a stroll along the Avenue Summit, famous for its historic mansions. This, for example, is the house of James Hill, which stands near the cathedral. The mansion was built in 1891 for the famous railway tycoon and today it functions as a house-museum, plus it has an art gallery. The Avenue Summit is closely connected with the name of Scott Fitzgerald, a native of St. Paul. Next to Avenue Summit is Grand Street with many shops and restaurants.
The Minnesota Science Museum is a facade on the river, and there is a permanent exhibition dedicated to it. In addition, the museum has a gallery of fossil dinosaurs and an experimental gallery with an interactive exhibition. The collection of the museum also has several old charlatan medical devices from the collection of the disbanded museum of questionable medical devices.
The park and conservatory of Como Park, as well as the amusement park adjoining them annually receive almost 2 million visitors. The entrance to the park is free, and its territory of 155 hectares has become a favorite place for recreation of citizens. Here you can see two historic bridges built in 1904, several notable sculptures, a frog pond with a granite frog, a maze in honor of the sister city of Nagasaki, a memorial waterfall, a monument to Henrik Ibsen, many paths for walks and picnic areas.
And in the zoo, the main building of which was built in the Art Deco style in 1836, there are several zones: it is a zone of large cats, sea animals, primates, birds, the African zone and the zone of polar bears. The Marjorie McNeil greenhouse, opened in 1915, is also divided into zones: there is a garden bonsai, a butterfly garden, a Japanese mountain garden with a pond, an orchid house, a palm garden and a tropical exhibition.
The "Schubert-club" museum is little known, but here is stored an amazing collection of old keyboard instruments. Some of them were played by Mozart and Beethoven themselves. In addition, here you can see old manuscripts and letters of famous composers. And on the second floor of the building there is a fairly large museum of decorative woodcarving.
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Events of Saint Paul
In January, the city hosts the winter carnival of St. Paul - this tradition began in 1886, when a New York reporter called the city "second Siberia". Every year, the carnival attracts about 350 thousand visitors: an ice palace is built here, ice sculptures are exhibited, treasure hunts are arranged and winter entertainment is on the streets. The main events take place in downtown and in the park of Como.
The Irish Fair of St. Paul played a big role in the development of the culture of the city, where there were so many immigrants. The fair takes place on Harriet Island in August, and traditional music is played here on several stages, drinking, eating, dancing, arranging workshops, etc.
And the Minnesota Fair runs from mid-August to Labor Day, and it's the second largest state fair in the US (after the Texas). The fair is famous for its stunningly harmful fried street food. However, those who are interested in the latter, should visit the festival "The Taste of Minnesota", timed to July 4, which is a few days on the island of Harriet. Here, in addition to eating, you can appreciate many more musical performances on different stages.