Living - Places - Sites - Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Places such as parks, buildings, public gardens and zoos, notable buildings, libraries, interesting places
- B&B's: Minnesota Bed and Breakfast Association; find B&B's by location
- Buildings Mpls: Emporis database
- Buildings SP: Emporis database
- Ft Snelling: Historic military fort; established 1820; on bluff near confluence of Mississippi and Minnesota rivers
- Hill House: James J. Hill House; house museum; 1891 red sandstone residence; French landscape paintings
- HousingLink: affordable housing; works to simplify the process of getting affordable housing; Minneapolis-St Paul Area
- Library HC: Hennepin County Library; suburban Hennepin County Library system
- Library SP: Saint Paul Public Library
- Library Service: Metropolitan Library Service Agency; alliance of over 100 public libraries in the Twin Cities area
- Mall of America: Shopping mall in Bloomington; widely visited mall; approximately 520 stores; 23 hectare leasable area (not the largest mall in the world as sometimes thought, not even the largest mall in the US in terms of shopping area as often thought)
- Minnehaha Depot: Milwaukee Road Depot at Minnehaha Falls; built in 1875
- MN: Explore Minnesota; state-wide official tourism site
- Mississippi NRRA: Mississippi National River & Recreation Area; boundaries include a 115 km stretch of Mississippi River from Ramsey and Dayton in the north to just south of Hastings; includes parks, agencies, organizations and communities
- Parking-USA: USA Parking; links to information about automobile parking and services that serve a national audience
- Parks Min: Park & Recreation Board; system of 2,500 hectares of parks and parkways; includes Chain of Lakes District including Lake Harriet, Lake Calhoun, Lake of the Isles, Cedar Lake, and Lake Nokomis connected by Rice and Minnehaha Creeks
- Parks Ram Co: Ramsey County Parks and Recreation
- Parks SP: City of Saint Paul, Division of Parks and Recreation
- Parks 3 Riv: Three Rivers Park District; park system located in suburban Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area; 11,000 hectares of park reserves, regional parks, regional trails, and special-use facilities; formerly Hennepin Parks
- Ramsey House: Alexander Ramsey House; Victorian-era house museum; home of Anna and ALexander Ramsey; Ramsey was the first territorial governor of Minnesota 1849-1853 and Mayor of St. Paul in 1855; guides dressed as servants
- Sibley House: home of Henry Hastings Sibley; begun in 1838; Sibley was first governor of Minnesota from 1858 to 1860
- State Capitol: Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul; white marble dome inspired by the "White City" at the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition
- Zoo Como Pk: Como Zoo and the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory; in St. Paul's Como Park; Conservatory is glass-domed garden
- Zoo MN: Minnesota Zoological Gardens; Apple Valley
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