Highland Park Water Tower — Attraction in Saint Paul

Epic opportunity twice a year to see amazing views of Minneapolis/St Paul from. The Highland Water Tower is a neighborhood landmark located at the intersection of Snelling Avenue and Ford Parkway. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The tower was designed by notable architect Clarence Wigington and completed in 1928. Wigington, a city of Saint Paul architect from 1915-1949, also designed many other important structures in the area including the Saint Paul Public Safety Building (1929–30) and Como Park...

It was a great experience. It's opened only once a year and just so happened we went on the first day it snowed here. They explained the history of the Tower. We received literature about the tower. We took pictures and videos. I had lots of fun. Now I had to walk up lot of stairs to get to the top, but, it was well worth it. The team that was there passing out the literature were very informative and patient. We enjoyed to...

It was really an adventure to climb the tower because it was the last day that it was going to be open to the public (open twice a year, the third weekend in july and the second weekend in october). We arrived around 4:30 and they had to close at 5 pm there was a long line of people waiting for their turn but yeah! we did it and were able to admire the twin cities with...