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Swede Hollow, Saint Paul

Swede Hollow was a neighborhood of Saint Paul, Minnesota, from the 1850s to 1956.

Swede Hollow, Saint Paul
Swede Hollow, Saint Paul · William Wesen Appraiser
The place

Swede Hollow was a neighborhood of Saint Paul, Minnesota, from the 1850s to 1956. Located on the city's East Side, it lay east of the Railroad Island neighborhood and at the northwestern base of Dayton's Bluff. The Hamm's Brewery complex bordered it to the north, while the Seventh Street Improvement Arches marked its southern boundary. Despite being one of Saint Paul's oldest settlements, it was also its poorest, housing successive waves of immigrants in substandard conditions. Swedes, Poles, Italians, and Mexicans each called the valley home during different periods.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Swede Hollow, 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.

  1. 01
    Grand 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.

    2.6 km · multi-purpose arena in St. Paul, MN, USA · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Minnesota 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.

    2.2 km · state capitol building of the U.S. state of Minnesota · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Minnesota 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.

    2.1 km · lower house of the state legislature of Minnesota, USA · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Minnesota 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.

    2.2 km · Upper house of the Minnesota legislature · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Cathedral 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.

    3 km · cathedral in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Metropolitan State University

    Metro State University is a public university in the Minneapolis–St. Paul, Minnesota metropolitan area.

    400 m · university in Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Minnesota · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    First 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.

    1.9 km · 417-foot-tall skyscraper in downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Church of St. Agnes

    The Church of Saint Agnes is a Catholic church of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. The parish was founded in 1887 and the current church building was completed in 1912 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

    3.7 km · church building in Saint Paul, United States of America · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Church 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.

    2.3 km · church building in Saint Paul, United States of America · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Fitzgerald 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.

    2.1 km · theater in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States · Wikipedia

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Getting to Swede Hollow, Saint Paul

Airports
Minneapolis–Saint Paul / Wold–Chamberlain Field (MSP), 15 km
Stations
St. Paul Downtown Airport, 3.1 km · Saint Paul Union Depot, 1.6 km · Central, 2 km · Dale Street, 4 km · Capitol/Rice Street, 2.3 km
  • Des Moines → Swede Hollow, Saint Paul
    376 km · quickest by road, 5h 42m · $32–44
  • Chicago → Swede Hollow, Saint Paul
    558 km · quickest by air, 5h 23m · $220–330
  • Omaha → Swede Hollow, Saint Paul
    473 km · quickest by air, 4h 31m · $160–240
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No local-transport research exists yet for Swede Hollow, 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 Swede Hollow, Saint Paul. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inTerminal 2-Humphrey serves primarily charter and low-cost carriers.

From Wikivoyage: Twin Cities, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-08.

The nearest places where the work is done
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    Fire IslandUS

    10 ways of moving, 18 sources

    1,690 km
  2. 02
    Vinalhaven and the Fox IslandsUS

    9 ways of moving, 13 sources

    1,918 km
  3. 03
    Port Townsend and the Olympic PeninsulaUS

    9 ways of moving, 17 sources

    2,283 km
  4. 04
    Gibsons and the Sunshine CoastCA

    10 ways of moving, 21 sources

    2,335 km
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Next door to Swede Hollow, Saint Paul

Swede Hollow, Saint Paul is 2 km from Saint Paul, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.