Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN: 100 Queer Places in Minnesota History, (1860-1969), (1969-2010)

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This project became a book!

Land of 10,000 Loves: A History of Queer Minnesota: by Stewart Van Cleve


Minnesota's pioneer newspapers claimed that the capitol, St. Paul, was the last city of America's east, while Minneapolis, the "Mill City," earned a reputation as the first city of the great west. Sharing the Mississippi River, the two are fraternal twins that have attracted urban and rural populations from North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, and eastern Wisconsin. "The cities" remain home to one of the most vibrant, involved, and diverse queer populations in the United States.


Though the contemporary geography of the "Twin Cities" suggests the influence of queer movement and activity, it also hides important queer places and events that have been demolished or forgotten.


This online exhibit displays artifacts, photographs, and stories that describe one hundred queer places in Minnesota History. Fifty sites are in St. Paul, while the other fifty are in Minneapolis; these sites are numbered and displayed on a map of both cities' historic urban cores.



Minneapolis


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Map by Stewart Van Cleve, based on a projection of Google Maps and a 1996 map of Minneapolis school districts.


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(1) The 19 Bar

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(18) IDS Center

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(34) Pi Bar

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(2) The Adonis/Flick Theaters

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(19) Lavender Magazine

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(35) Powderhorn Park

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(3) Amazon Feminist/True Colors Bookstore

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(20) A Woman's Coffeehouse

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(36) Rainbow Road

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(4) At the Foot of the Mountain Theater Company

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(21) The Lesbian Resource Center

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(37) The Saloon

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(5) Baker Law Associates

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(22) The Locker Room Baths

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(38) The Sandbox

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(6) B.E.C.A.U.S.E. Conference

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(23) Loring Park

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(39) The State Bar

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(7) The Brass Rail Bar

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(24) Margarita Bella

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(40) Sumner/Glenwood

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(8) Christopher Street (Minneapolis)

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(25) The Minneapolis Eagle

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(41) Sutton’s Place

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(9) District 202

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(26) Minnesota AIDS Project (MAP)

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(42) The Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection

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(10) The Dugout Bar

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(27) Minnesota Men of Color

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(43) Twin Cities Trans March

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(11) F.R.E.E.

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(28) The Old Minneapolis Courthouse/City Hall

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(44) Twin Cities Black Pride

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(12) The Gateway District

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(29) National Fruit Day

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(45) Twin Cities Pride Festival

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(13) The Gay 90s Complex

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(30) The Nicollet Hotel

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(46) Twin Cities Pride Parade

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(14) Gay House

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(31) OutFront Minnesota

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(47) The University of Minnesota Gender Clinic

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(15) Gay and Lesbian Elders Active in Minnesota

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(32) Out to Brunch

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(48) Minneapolis Warehouse Parties

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(16) Hotel Andrews

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(33) Philanthrofund

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(49) The West Bank Firehouse

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(17) The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

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(50) Zoogie's


St. Paul

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Map by Stewart Van Cleve, based on a projection of Google Maps.


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(1) Alexander Ramsey House

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(18) Interstate 94

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(34) Rice Park

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(2) Avantis Softball Team

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(19) Kirmser's Bar

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(35) The Rondo Neighborhood

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(3) The Barefoot Boy Health Club

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(20) Ladies Night

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(36) Rumours and Innuendo

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(4) The Bremer Arcade

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(21) Lavender Bridge

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(37) Shades of Yellow (SOY)

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(5) Camp Bar

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(22) Lucy's

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(38) Minnesota State Capitol Grounds

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(6) Capital City Pride

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(23) Lutherans Concerned

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(39) Stonewall DFL

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(7) The Cathedral of St. Paul

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(24) Marydale Park

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(40) Old Ramsey County Jail

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(8) The Coney Island Restaurant

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(25) Mears Park

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(41) St. Paul Citizens for Human Rights

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(9) The Day-By-Day Cafe

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(26) All God's Children MCC

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(42) The St. Paul Hotel

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(10) Equal Time News

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(27) Minnesota Court of Appeals

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(43) St. Paul Union Depot

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(11) The Faust Theater

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(28) Minnesota State Capitol

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(44) The Town House Bar

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(12) Foxy's Bar

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(29) The Mississippi River

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(45) Third Street/Kellogg Boulevard

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(13) The Garrick Theater

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(30) Montgomery Wards

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(46) Twin Cities Pride Picnic

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(14) The Golden Rule/Emporium Department Stores

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(31) The Noble Roman

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(47) The West Side Flats

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(15) Grand Avenue

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(32) Quatrefoil Library

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(48) The 1986 Winter Gay Games

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(16) The Grand Finale

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(33) Ramsey Co. Courthouse/St. Paul City Hall

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(49) Women's Advocates


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(17) The St. Paul Greyhound Bus Depot

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(50) World Theater


This project is open to the public for discussion and editing. Before April 1st, 2010, it was the work of Stewart Van Cleve. The project is largely supported by the Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies at the University of Minnesota. For additional information/direct contact, please send an email to vanc0092@umn.edu

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