Minnehaha Falls is for Lovers
According to the Minneapolis Park Board Staff Favorites Page, Minnehaha Falls is the best place to take a date and the best place to propose! Minnehaha Park’s 53-foot waterfall, 193 acres of trees, bluffs and overlooks have served as a back drop for a variety of romantic proposals and thousands of weddings over the [...]
Chevy’s 1953 Technicolor Twin Cities
“These are the Legend Lands of the Indian, Hiawatha and the Princess, Minnehaha!” In 1951 Chevrolet released an ad series called the “Road to Romance”. This clip, “ Lakes of the Twin Cities” comes from the archives of musician, writer, historian, researcher and Italian pioneer of the digitalization of historical multimedial material, Vincent “Enzo” Romano. His [...]
Woman’s Building, Soldiers Home Then and Now
The Minnesota Soldiers’ Home, later known as the Minnesota Veterans Home in Minneapolis, is an old soldiers’ home near Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis, Minnesota. After the American Civil War and the devastation that it caused, there was sentiment that the United States should provide care for its veterans. The Minnesota Legislature authorized the establishment of [...]
