Gillette Children’s Hospital (numbers correspond to the circled numbers on the map) Minnesota Regions Medical Self-guided walking tour 1 SELF-GUIDED WALKING TOUR NARRATIVE History Center Center 35E with 13 narrated stops 94 Stroll Rivertown 1 Uniquely Saint Paul EAST 12TH ST. MORE TO KNOW AND SEE: Herbert Paul “Herb” Brooks, Jr., was born in Saint Paul Stroll Lowertown 1 Landmark Center 1 and, like many young Minnesotans, lived for hockey. In 1955, his Johnson High School SUMMIT AVE. WHERE: 75 West 5th Street; north end A self-guided walking tour EAST 11TH ST. hockey team won the Minnesota state hockey championship. In 1964 and 1968, he was a James J. Hill House . of Rice Park member of the United States Olympic teams. He coached the University of Minnesota . Embassy St. Joseph’s Hospital Suites “Golden Gophers” hockey team to three NCAA championships during the 1970s. He We’ve selected sites that are uniquely downtown Saint Paul— 35E 94 WHAT’S UNIQUE: In the 1930s, Saint Paul CEDAR ST EAST 10TH ST. coached the Minnesota North Stars, the 1980 gold-medal Olympic Hockey team, and the was a favorite place for gangsters. Alvin not only its historic beginnings, but its transformation into . 2002 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team, which won a silver medal. Brooks has been thought by “Creepy” Karpis, a ringleader of Ma a vibrant and energy-conscious urban environment. The many to be the best hockey coach of all time. He was inducted into the United States Ice MINNESOTA ST Barker’s gang, was tried in the third-floor 8 Minnesota EAST 9TH ST. Hockey Hall of Fame in 1990, the International Hockey Hall of Fame in 1999 and Mississippi River is—in every way—the heart of our city. United Hospital . PETER ST Public Radio Detention Room at Landmark Center. ST posthumously into the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, Canada in 2006. His inspiration Children’s Hospital Said Karpis: “Of all the Midwest cities, WEST 6TH ST has been credited by Bob Naegele Jr., one of the original owners of the National Hockey . the one I knew best was Saint Paul, and Saint Paul. A 21st Century River City. Holiday WEST 7TH ST Minnesota EAST 7TH ST. EAST 8TH ST. League’s Minnesota Wild, for bringing professional hockey back to Minnesota. Wells Fargo EAS it was a crooks’ haven. …If you were Inn Children’s T 7T Place N. ST. ROBERT NOTE: Circled numbers correspond to the numbers on the Self-Guided Walking Tour SMITH AVE. Museum looking for a guy you hadn’t seen for a 9 H narrative and the red circled numbers on the map. Xcel Energy Center . few months, you usually thought of EAST 7TH PLACE EAST 7TH ST two places—prison or Saint Paul.” 4 Science Museum of Minnesota Observation Hilton (Recommended Minnesota author: Paul 1 LANDMARK CENTER . WEST 5TH ST Garden Deck and Big Back Yard WEST 7TH ST Inn Maccabee; John Dillinger Slept Here: A Crooks’ 75 West 5th Street; north end of Rice Park; www.landmarkcenter.org RiverCentre Ordway Center EAGLE PARKWAY . Tour of Crime and Corruption in St. Paul, WHERE: 120 West Kellogg Boulevard for the . EAST 6TH ST. EAST 6TH ST. Performing Arts 6 1920-1930) . Once you leave the Herb Brooks bronze, continue on Washington Street and cross Kellogg RICE PARK CHESTNUT ST 1 2 MARKET10 ST across 5th Street from Landmark Center MORE TO KNOW AND SEE: Built in 1902, Landmark Center was the Federal Court Boulevard at the stoplight. The Science Museum Plaza, brimming with native plants and trees, is to the left of the museum’s main entrance. Now turn left toward the observation www.travellady.com/Issues/April03/LinusBlanketsStPaul.htm House and Post Office for the Upper Midwest. It was restored in the 1970s and is now a 2 ABASHA ST 3 ST. WACOUTA deck. Look across the river to see Harriet Island, home of the Showboat, informal family W EAST 5TH ST. cultural and event center in the heart of downtown. This site is not just about architecture. You’ll see a gallery of Wood Art, the Schubert Club’s musical instrument collection, the picnics and celebrated events such as “Taste of Minnesota.” In contrast to lush riverland 3 THE HERB BROOKS COMMEMORATIVE BRONZE 13 11 greenery, look down to view the Big Back Yard and 4 12 Ramsey County Historical Society’s Views of the Upper Mississippi. Landmark Center RiverCentre Plaza, 4th and Washington Streets ST SIBLEY offers public and private tours (www.landmarkcenter.org) or you may take your own tour a sample of the prairie lands that once blanketed by requesting the Landmark’s self-guided walking tour guide. (Recommended: Rocky Roots, the western sections of Minnesota. You’ll be 4 SCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA OBSERVATION DECK 5 tempted to take the steps down to the Maze Irvine Park Three Geology Walking Tours of Downtown St. Paul, published and available at the Ramsey EAST 4TH ST. AND BIG BACK YARD . EAST 4TH ST. but don’t be fooled—you can’t get into the 5 Y County Historical Society at Landmark Center gift shop and in the Ramsey County A 120 West Kellogg Boulevard; www.smm.org . 3 4 exhibit that way. To enter, go through the 2 Union Depot Historical Society offices, room 323, Landmark Center. Twin Cities Place . Science Museum and ask for directions at the WEST KELLOGG BLVD. Warren Burger Public Television Federal Courts BROADW Information Desk. There is no fee for Big Back DISTRICT ENERGY ST. PAUL ST JACKSON 5 ST ALL Crowne Plaza Hotel N. ST. ROBERT Bldg. 6 W 76 West Kellogg Boulevard; www.districtenergy.com 2 Rice Park Yard exhibits except miniature golf. Once MINNESOTA ST EAST KELLOGG BLVD. there, be certain to wander through the Maze— AD 1 6 RAMSEY COUNTY COURTHOUSE AND CITY HALL SHEPARD RO 7 EAST KELLOGG BLVD. WHERE: Step out the 5th Street door of Landmark Center and you’re facing Rice Park. taking your time to learn more about the essential 15 West Kellogg Boulevard, Memorial Hall 1 On your right is the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts. Straight across the Park are value of the prairies. Chestnut Plaza Upper Landing Park the Saint Paul Central Library and the James J. Hill Business Reference Library. On your www.co.ramsey.mn.us/cm/manager/CourthouseTours left is the Saint Paul Hotel. WHAT’S UNIQUE: In the Big Back Yard, the Science Museum has outdone itself with intriguing ways for families to learn about earth science. Take time for a little mini-golf, 7 KELLOGG MALL PARK WHAT’S UNIQUE: Rice Park, named for Henry Mower Rice, Minnesota’s first U.S. for example, and while you’re planning your shots, you’ll discover how water shapes our Kellogg Boulevard between Wabasha Street Bridge and Robert Street Bridge Senator, has been a public square since 1849. Today, a bronze statue in the park celebrates landscape or copes with pollution. Check out the camera obscura in the Big Back Yard. www.stpaul.gov/index Saint Paul native author F. Scott Fitzgerald. His book The Great Gatsby is thought to Like magic, the image of the outside world is projected on the opposite wall. But it isn’t T ST. N. T ST. highlight the best and the worst of the Jazz Age. Charles Schulz’s celebrated book lover magic—it’s science. And stop by the “Turtle Effigy Garden,” planted by two Native SHEPAR 8 FITZGERALD THEATER . N. D RO AD Marcie shares the park with Fitzgerald and another Peanuts character, Peppermint Patty. Americans to showcase the plants that were used by the country’s first people in medicine. ROBER Check out www.travellady.com/Issues/April03/LinusBlanketsStPaul.htm. 10 East Exchange Street; fitzgeraldtheater.publicradio.org MORE TO KNOW AND SEE: Don’t be put off by the word “Science”—the Science Raspberry Island ABASHA ST Museum of Minnesota is a fascinating place. Known worldwide for its innovation and 9 MICKEY’S DINER W 3 Herb Brooks Commemorative Bronze ability to help non-scientific people learn more about scientific subjects, this museum 36 West 7th Street; www.mickeysdiner.net offers exhibits in paleontology, physical sciences and technology, the human body, peoples WHERE: RiverCentre Plaza, 4th and Washington Streets and cultures, plus the Mississippi River’s ecosystems. In fact, the 370,000 square foot 10 LANDMARK PLAZA structure was built into the bluffs overlooking the river. Opened in 1999, it houses an northeast of Rice Park next to Landmark Center; http://www.riverfrontcorp.com WHAT’S UNIQUE: Sports Illustrated called it the greatest sports IMAX Omnitheater, which was the first convertible theater in the Northern Hemisphere. Harriet Island moment of the 20th century. In the final seconds, the 1980 United While visiting the Science Museum, stop by the National Park Service Visitor Center to 11 THE SAINT PAUL HOTEL 2 3 States Olympic hockey team won a hard-fought battle against the learn more about the river that helped open up our state. For additional information 350 Market Street; www.saintpaulhotel.com undefeated Soviet team. Nicknamed “Miracle on Ice,” that win was led about the Science Museum of Minnesota: www.smm.org. by coach Herb Brooks and put the U.S. team in the running for the 12 JAMES J. HILL LIBRARY Olympic gold medal, which they finally won. Today, the plaque on 80 West 4th Street, south end of Rice Park; www.jjhill.org the Herb Brooks bronze statue reads: “Do you believe in miracles? Herb Brooks did. A determined hockey player and innovative 13 F.