1853: First state capitol building opens Minnesota's first State Capitol, pictured here about 1865, was at 10th and Wabasha streets in downtown St. Paul.

Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark Hortman and their dog Gilbert laid in state in the Minnesota State Capitol rotunda on Friday, June 27. Several mourners brought their dogs with ...

A Minnesota Conservation Officer stands guard as DFL Rep. Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark Hortman, and their dog Gilbert lie in state in the rotunda of the Capitol building on June 27, 2025, in ...

The public has the opportunity on Friday to bid farewell to slain Democratic House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, her ...

Hortman will be the first woman and one of fewer than 20 Minnesotans to lie in state in the Capitol. The Capitol rotunda will be available for those wishing to pay their respects from 12-5 p.m. on ...

Slain Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman was the first woman to lie in state in the Minnesota Capitol, while her beloved rescue dog, Gilbert, is the first animal to have that honor.

Minnesota Satanists applied through the Department of Administration, which manages the capitol grounds, to set it up near the first floor rotunda from Dec. 13 through 27, according to the permit ...

Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman laid in state in the Minnesota Capitol rotunda on Friday while the man charged ... Hortman, a Democrat, is the first woman and one of fewer than 20 ...

Satanic holiday display knocked over and removed, then returned to Minnesota State Capitol The display, just off the main rotunda, was briefly removed Wednesday after someone apparently knocked it ...

Instead of going to the adoration chapel at her parish, Annunciation in Minneapolis, she traveled to St. Paul, Minnesota, to pray in a basement room of the Minnesota State Capitol — two floors ...

The Feb. 3 event kicks off with a morning rally in the Capitol Rotunda followed by one-on-one meetings between Black entrepreneurs and lawmakers.

St. Paul's movie palace, the Capitol (later the Paramount), was built in 1920 as part of the Hamm Building. It was the first true movie palace in the Twin Cities, where most theaters at the time ...