Columbia Heights is a city in Anoka County, Minnesota, United States.

Columbia Heights is a first-ring northern suburb of Minneapolis, which borders it on the south.

[6] Columbia Heights is bordered by the city of Fridley to the north and west; New Brighton and Saint Anthony to the east; and Minneapolis to the south.

The city park system resides in mostly low lying and former swampland areas that was unsuitable for building.

Other parks include Edgemoor, La Belle, Lomianki, Keyes, Sullivan, Ramsdell, and Hilltop.

Columbia Heights was formed as a village on March 14, 1898, when it separated from the former Fridley Township.

[7] A Polish flag and white eagle are on the sign marking the border between Columbia Heights and Minneapolis, visible when entering Columbia Heights on Central Avenue, in celebration of the suburb's early roots as a Polish–American community.

In 1987, the people of Łomianki erected a monument in memory of the American flyers who lost their lives.

Abraham Lincoln's funeral car was bought by Thomas Lowry who restored it and featured it at a number of exhibitions throughout the country.

In 2016, Columbia Heights was honored with the All-American City Award according to the National Civic League.

In 2023, Columbia Heights formed a second Sister City with Galdogob, Somalia for its growing and significant Somali American population.