St. Paul’s Shopping District

Bounded by Fourth and Jackson streets on the south and east, and St. Peter and Eighth streets on the west and north, with extensions on West and East Seventh. If we are near to Robert street, we will do well to start from the corner of Fifth, on Robert. where we find with in two … Read more

The St. Anthony Falls Bank

STATE OF MINNESOTA Public Examiner St. Paul, Minn. Dec 2, 1905 St. Anthony Falls Bank Minneapolis Minn. Gentlemen: I am in receipt of the examiner’s report of the recent examination of your bank and am pleased to note its in excellent condition upon which fact I desire to extend to you my congratulations. Yours Truly, … Read more

Bad Ass

Looking for an adventure? Take yourself into this other worldly setting, and read your way through a classic battle between good and evil. “The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu” delivers a winning combination of history, heist and heart! The story satisfies on a level I rarely find outside of science fiction and westerns. Our heroes are … Read more

Holy Rosary Church

Holy Rosary Church, under charge of the Dominican Fathers, was founded in the beginning of 1878. Towards the close of 1877, Rt. Rev. Bishop Thomas L. Grace, D.D., of the Order St. Dominic, at the suggestion of St. Rev. John Ireland, D. D.,Coadjutor Bishop, of St. Paul, entered into communication with the Very Rev. Stephen … Read more

Swan J. Turnblad’s Chateau

Outside of Sweden there is no finer collection of decorative porcelainized stoves for heating the front parlors than the eleven in the sumptuous French chateau that Swan J. Turnblad built on Park Avenue in Minneapolis. Neither is there a finer assortment of carved African mahoganies, European furniture and Swedish rugs of Oriental designs. When Minnesota … Read more

Sidney Pratt School

The suggestion made by The Tribune that the new Prospect Park School be named after Sidney Pratt, the son of the mayor of Minneapolis, who died in the hospital at far away Manila where he went as a volunteer to answer to the call of his country meets with nothing but approval on all sides. … Read more

L. S. Donaldson Company

The Greatest Department Store in Minneapolis Has Been a Dominant Factor in the Development of the Northwest. Just as some men are born leaders in the world of politics, on the battlefield, and in the work of empire building, just so are men born to lead in the business world. It was this inherited genius … Read more

The Electric Bungalow

The good old Bungalow Inn, brightened the corner of Bass Lake Road and Highway Fifty-Two for over 40 years. Elmer C. Hartig was running a gas station when he took over a small neighborhood bar at 6221 56th Avenue North. He grew the bushiness and expanded into a popular restaurant and lounge. In the 1960’s … Read more

Come to Como Park

If you are interested in seeing how natural landscapes may be improved and made into ideal pleasure grounds, let us spend a forenoon or afternoon or evening at Como Park. The distance by trolley is three miles, taking the – Como-Harriet line, or any other car marked “Como” at the corner of Fifth and Wabasha … Read more