Encircled and Enchanted

Lake of The Isles Park, Minneapolis Minn. Encircled with an enchanting boulevard 2.S miles long, lined with handsome residences. The launch makes a tour of this lake as well as Calhoun and Cedar Lake every 45 minutes. Round trip of three lakes, 11 miles in 90 minutes, is 25 cents.   LAKE OF THE ISLES … Read more

Leaning on the Leamington

Homes, Lakes, and Boulevards. Its commercial and mercantile institutions, its flour mills, and its lumber industry have given it renown, yet throughout the length and breadth of the land, it has gained no greater renown among discriminating people than that given by The Leamington, the greatest apartment house of the growing Northwest. The Leamington stands … Read more

Anoka Falls

CASTLE FALLS CAFE U.S. Highways 10, 52, 169 and 218, breathtaking Anoka, Minnesota. 14 miles north and west of Big Time Minneapolis, Gateway to the rugged north woods vacation land. BEAUTIFUL, PICTURESQUE, WATERFALL, EXPLICIT rustic bridge, waterwheels, mermaids and lovely castle. The place where you see people with cameras!

Harmon Places

A NATURAL HISTORY OF HARMON PLACE It seems like only yesterday that Harmon Place was igneous rock, monocotyledons, and dinosaur dung. But as the millennia came and went, and the various conflagrations smoldered, the earth became rich in rubber, chrome and used car lots. The early Indians of the area held these nomadic herds of … Read more

At the Auditorium

NEW MINNEAPOLIS Auditorium and Convention Hall is one of the nation’s best facilities for conventions, trade shows, and sporting events. The $16 million, multi-purpose complex includes three giant exhibit areas with more than 160,000 square feet of space. The Convention Hall will seat 12,000; the Auditorium 9,000; the Exhibition Hall 2,500.

Saintly City

Saint Paul, the Capital City of Minnesota, is the center of a metropolitan community with a population in excess of a half million and enjoys the heritage of a century of leadership in the Northwest. Today, the one-time frontier days trading post is a well-developed, modern city with lines Of trade extending to all quarters … Read more

Ganlehjem

In 1903, Anna Quale Fergstad and a few other Norwegian women formed  a literary club . After several meetings, Fergstad suggested the club  take up charitable work.  On October 19, 1903, members of the  group formed the Lyngblomsten Society. Fergstad was named president. The  name Lyngblomsten was selected to commemorate the national flower of Norway, … Read more

Go Go Guthrie

Company Called Finest In America Gives Spectacular Productions of Classics Twin Cities visitors are placing the Tyrone Guthrie Theatre first on their list of things to do these days. Called “the finest single theatre in America” by Show magazine, the company of more than 25 professional actors from across the country has won a reputation … Read more

Capital Facts

The Capitol has a framework of steel set in walls of brick and stone, supported by columns of granite and marble. The framework as well as the floors, partitions, and roof are protected against fire by hollow tile.The exterior walls are of grayish white Georgia marble, and the foundation, terraces, outside balustrades, and steps are … Read more