Pioneer home has a new lease on life
By Roger Bergerson Sarah Dye acknowledges that she’s not always sure what she and her husband, John Coulter, have gotten themselves into in restoring the 1872 villa they’ve acquired in... Read More
How the Minnesota State Fair found a home
By Roger Bergerson The name of the Minnesota State Fair’s mascot, Fairchild, is said to be a tribute to Henry S. Fairchild, whose idea it was to locate the fair... Read More
Cozy Lake: A scenic treat — for a while
It was cozy, that’s for sure, tucked away in a little valley, connected to but separate from its much bigger Como Park neighbor, Lake Como. Cozy Lake was a 10-acre... Read More
TIES property on market
By Roger Bergerson An educational consortium with headquarters on the southwest corner of Snelling and Larpenteur avenues for the past 20 years is going out of business; its property is... Read More
Poet, politician, ‘Larry Ho’ liked people, and it showed
By Roger Bergerson One of St. Paul’s most remarkable characters in the first decades of the 20th century was Laurence Curran Hodgson, newspaperman, poet, four-time mayor and a true people person if there ever was... Read More
TIES property on market
An educational consortium with headquarters on the southwest corner of Snelling and Larpenteur avenues for the past 20 years is going out of business; its property is up for sale.... Read More
