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Twin Cities Tours, through guide Douglas Rosenquist, provided tours to the Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA area since 1997.

He has now retired (2022) and will continue posting articles of interest to the visitor.

07/28/2023

Among the many Minneapolis city lakes is Bde Maka Ska*. On the southeast side of the lake is a fascinating, sidewalk display which commemorates the Dakota community which lived there some 200 years ago. Here is a sampling.

*Pronounced beh-day-muh-KAH-skah (Lake White Earth)
wowaditake = courage

05/10/2023

Twin Cities parks and tree-lined boulevards are among the most beautiful in the country. They were designed during the 1880s by landscape architect Horace Cleveland (1814-1900), who also designed Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord, Massachusetts (pictured below), and several others. His philosophy was toward natural landscape design. He had a lot to work with in the Twin Cities through which flow the Mississippi River, Minnehaha Falls, St. Anthony Falls, and several lakes, all of which he embraced with that philosophy. He also landscaped the campus of the University of Minnesota. Photo Credit: Lakewood Cemetery...which he also designed.

06/22/2022

~The John H. Stevens House~

Built in 1850, this was the first privately-owned residence in what would soon be named Minneapolis.

It was in this house that the new village name was adopted. An earlier suggestion, "Minnehapolis", was rejected.

Stevens (1820-1900) operated the ferry boat between St. Anthony, on the east side of the river, and the west bank. At the time, the area was controlled by the Army, which permitted Stevens to operate his vital business and live there.

In the years 1850-1855, this house became the civic and social hub of the new city, earning it the name "The Birthplace of Minneapolis".

In 1896, it was moved to Minnehaha Park, near Minnehaha Falls, where it sits today, as pictured below.

Where it originally sat, is today where the Main Post Office sits.

Noteworthy: the first bridge over the river opened in 1853, thus eliminating Stevens' occupation.

~ The Stevens House is a stop on our Minnehaha Park Walking Tour. FFI: 612-240-6048 or [email protected] ~

11/01/2021

The sunrise gives a Halloween glow to the Washburn Water Tower and it’s protector eagles, knights and oak.

This intriguing tower is a stop on our Tangletown - Washburn Water Tower Walking Tour. Lots of fascination and beautiful homes as well.

~ To book a tour: 612-240-6048 or [email protected] ~

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Minneapolis, MN
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