St. Paul Population 2010: 285,068, #67 in U.S., #2 in Minnesota 1950: 311,349, #35 in U.S. St. Paul is in the Minneapolis Metropolitan Statistical Area.Setting St. Paul was founded in 1837 on the Mississippi River. Today, Harriet Island, across the river from downtown, has a park and riverboat cruises. Buildings Tallest building: Wells Fargo Place (1987), 471 feet List of tallest buildings The domed State Capitol, built in 1904, is 223 feet tall and has an observation deck on the roof. Stores Downtown has five miles of Skyways, connecting the second stories of various buildings. Trains Amtrak’s Empire Builder goes east to Milwaukee and Chicago, and west to Fargo, Spokane, Portland, and Seattle from the Midway Station (1971), located about halfway between downtown Minneapolis and downtown St. Paul. St. Paul Union Depot (1923) is now used by the U.S. Postal Service and other businesses.
|  Downtown St. Paul (Photo by Alexius Horatius) Museums Museums in downtown St. Paul include the Science Museum of Minnesota, Minnesota History Center, and Minnesota Children's Museum. Theaters St. Paul has no
downtown movie theaters. The Fitzgerald
Theater (1910), formerly a legitimate theater and then a movie house,
has
concerts and plays. The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts (1985) hosts the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Minnesota Opera, and touring Broadway shows. The Park Square Theatre is also downtown. Sports The St. Paul Saints of the independent American Association play at Midway Stadium (1982), west of downtown. The NHL Minnesota Wild play at the Xcel Energy Center (2000).
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