One Family’s Fascinating History at Oakland Cemetery
The Schoenrocks have been tending to St. Paul’s Oakland Cemetery for over half a century, ensuring that the state’s oldest public cemetery is maintained.
Category: History
Improving a Little Corner of the North End
Natural landforms, like the Wheelock Parkway hill, create some interesting parcels. Couple that with a human-made obstacle, and it forged the type of quirky layout that makes the city more interesting.
I-94 in the Union Park District: A History of Prioritizing Speed Over Community
The Minnesota Department of Transportation is planning the first major reconstruction since I-94 opened. This got us thinking about what Union Park was like before the highway was built.
Living in a Streetcar City
In my Grandma’s recollections, streetcars were much more than just transportation. Many of her memories focus on the community that surrounded streetcars and the way streetcars shaped her experience of the Twin Cities.
A Surprise Under the Basement
A unique Cold War relic sits 20 feet under a Highland Park home and most people have no idea it’s there. Come along on a tour of a rare home fallout shelter.
“An Eruption of Springs”: The Diverting Story of Cascade Creek
Cascade Creek was named after a waterfall in the W 7th St neighborhood of St. Paul. The stream was most famously associated with Ayd Mill.
A Cyclist’s View of ‘the Jungles of East St. Paul’
A St. Paulite narrates a bike trip from the western half of St. Paul to the less familiar (to the narrator) East Side of the city.
Hidden Falls, Hidden No More
This month, with the opening of a new tunnel and walkway under MRB, a new viewing platform, and the partial daylighting of Hidden Falls Creek, Hidden Falls is ready to be discovered by many more visitors.
The Remarkable Garden of Miss Iris
“Saint Paul by Bike” blogger Wolfie Browender leads readers to interesting neighborhoods throughout St. Paul. In Frogtown, he visits Frogtown Farms and Miss Iris, lover of plants, mosaics and other works of art.
Sylvan Sights Around a Cemetery
Factories once dominated where schools now stand in the Como and North End neighborhoods of St. Paul, where cemeteries still quietly showcase the city’s history. Our author leads readers on a tour by bike.