Saint Paul
Saint Paul is the capital city of the U.S.
Saint Paul is the capital city of the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Ramsey County. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 311,527, making it Minnesota's second-most populous city and the 69th-most populous in the United States. Saint Paul and neighboring Minneapolis form the core of the Twin Cities metropolitan area, the third most populous in the Midwest with around 3.7 million residents.
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Worth seeing in and around Saint Paul
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Grand Casino Arena
Grand Casino Arena is a multipurpose arena in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. It was completed in 2000 and often called "The X" by fans.
400 m · multi-purpose arena in St. Paul, MN, USA · Wikipedia - 02Allianz Field
Allianz Field is a soccer-specific stadium in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, located near Interstate 94 and Snelling Avenue. It is home to Minnesota United FC of Major League Soccer.
4.8 km · soccer stadium in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA · Wikipedia - 03Hamline University
Hamline University is a private university in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. Founded in 1854, it is one of five Associated Colleges of the Twin Cities.
5.3 km · private liberal arts college in Saint Paul, Minnesota · Wikipedia - 04Minnesota House of Representatives
The Minnesota House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the U.S. state of Minnesota's legislature. It operates in conjunction with the Minnesota Senate, the state's upper chamber, to write and pass legislation, which is then subject to approval by the governor of Minnesota.
900 m · lower house of the state legislature of Minnesota, USA · Wikipedia - 05Minnesota Senate
The Minnesota Senate is the upper house of the legislature of the U.S. state of Minnesota. At 67 members, half as many as the Minnesota House of Representatives, it is the largest upper house of any U.S. state legislature.
800 m · Upper house of the Minnesota legislature · Wikipedia - 06Minnesota State Capitol
The Minnesota State Capitol is the seat of government for the U.S. state of Minnesota, in its capital city of Saint Paul. It houses the Minnesota Senate, Minnesota House of Representatives, the office of the attorney general and the office of the governor.
700 m · state capitol building of the U.S. state of Minnesota · Wikipedia - 07Cathedral of Saint Paul, National Shrine of the Apostle Paul
The Cathedral of Saint Paul is a Catholic cathedral in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It is the co-cathedral of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, along with the Basilica of Saint Mary in Minneapolis.
400 m · cathedral in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA · Wikipedia - 08Macalester College
Macalester College is a private liberal arts college in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. Founded in 1874, Macalester is exclusively an undergraduate institution with an enrollment of 2,068 students in the fall of 2025.
5.2 km · private liberal arts college in Saint Paul, Minnesota · Wikipedia - 09University of St. Thomas
The University of St. Thomas (also known as UST, simply St.
7.1 km · private Catholic university located in St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota · Wikipedia - 10Metropolitan State University
Metro State University is a public university in the Minneapolis–St. Paul, Minnesota metropolitan area.
2.6 km · university in Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Minnesota · Wikipedia
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Getting to Saint Paul
- Airports
- Minneapolis–Saint Paul / Wold–Chamberlain Field (MSP), 12 km
- Stations
- St. Paul Downtown Airport, 3.8 km · Saint Paul Union Depot, 1.4 km · 38th Street, 10 km · 46th Street, 9.6 km · 50th Street / Minnehaha Park, 9.2 km
- Des Moines → Saint Paul374 km · quickest by road, 5h 39m · $32–43
- Chicago → Saint Paul558 km · quickest by air, 5h 16m · $210–320
- Omaha → Saint Paul471 km · quickest by air, 4h 24m · $160–230
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No local-transport research exists yet for Saint Paul
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Saint Paul. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Saint Paul
Saint Paul is 13 km from Minneapolis, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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