South St. Paul, Minnesota
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South St. Paul is a city in Dakota County, Minnesota, United States, immediately south and southeast of St. Paul and east of West St. Paul. The population was 20,759 at the 2020 census. The town was a major meat-packing location, and many residents are descended from immigrants of Southern European and Eastern European heritage, who came to work in the meat-packing plants in the early twentieth century.
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Worth seeing in and around South St. Paul, Minnesota
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.
7.8 km · multi-purpose arena in St. Paul, MN, USA · Wikipedia - 02Minnesota 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.
8.8 km · lower house of the state legislature of Minnesota, USA · Wikipedia - 03Minnesota 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.
8.8 km · Upper house of the Minnesota legislature · Wikipedia - 04Minnesota 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.
8.7 km · state capitol building of the U.S. state of Minnesota · Wikipedia - 05Cathedral 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.
8.4 km · cathedral in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA · Wikipedia - 06Metropolitan State University
Metro State University is a public university in the Minneapolis–St. Paul, Minnesota metropolitan area.
7.8 km · university in Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Minnesota · Wikipedia - 07First National Bank Building
The First National Bank Building is a 417-foot-tall high-rise building in downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. The building has the tallest connecting skyway in the Twin Cities.
7.5 km · 417-foot-tall skyscraper in downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota · Wikipedia - 08Church of the Assumption
The Church of the Assumption Catholic Church was dedicated in 1874 and is the oldest existing church in Saint Paul. It is located at 51 West Seventh Street, in downtown Saint Paul.
7.9 km · church building in Saint Paul, United States of America · Wikipedia - 09Vision of Peace
The Vision of Peace is a statue in the three-story memorial concourse lobby along the Fourth Street entrance of the Saint Paul City Hall and Ramsey County Courthouse in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. The memorial to the Minnesota 20th-century war dead was created by Swedish sculptor Carl Milles, who named it Indian God of Peace.
7.4 km · Memorial to the 20th-century war dead of Minnesota by Carl Milles · Wikipedia - 10Fitzgerald Theater
The Fitzgerald Theater is the oldest active theatre in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and the home of American Public Media's Live from Here. It was one of many theaters built by the Shubert Theatre Corporation, and was initially named the Sam S. Shubert Theater.
8 km · theater in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States · Wikipedia
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Getting to South St. Paul, Minnesota
- Airports
- Minneapolis–Saint Paul / Wold–Chamberlain Field (MSP), 15 km
- Stations
- St. Paul Downtown Airport, 5.1 km · Saint Paul Union Depot, 7.4 km · South St. Paul Municipal Airport, 3.9 km · Central, 7.5 km · Capitol/Rice Street, 8.9 km
- Des Moines → South St. Paul, Minnesota369 km · quickest by road, 5h 36m · $31–43
- Chicago → South St. Paul, Minnesota551 km · quickest by air, 5h 23m · $220–330
- Omaha → South St. Paul, Minnesota468 km · quickest by air, 4h 31m · $160–240
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Next door to South St. Paul, Minnesota
South St. Paul, Minnesota is 7 km from Saint Paul, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Swede Hollowhuman settlement in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America8.2 km
- United States District Court for the District of Minnesotafederal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Minnesota7.4 km
- Independent Public RadioAssociation of independent community radio stations in Minnesota9 km
- Lowertown Historic Districthistoric district in the Lowertown neighborhood of Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States7.5 km