Falcon Heights is a suburb of Saint Paul and a city in Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States.

[7] Falcon Heights is the home of the University of Minnesota's St. Paul Campus, including its Goldstein Museum of Design, Gabbert Raptor Center, and Les Bolstad Golf Course.

It is also home to the Minnesota State Fairgrounds and the Gibbs Museum of Pioneer and Dakotah Life.

[8] Heman Gibbs settled in the 1850s near the modern intersection of Cleveland and Larpenteur Avenues.

His homestead is on the National Register of Historic Places and his home is a county museum.

[7] On September 2, 1901, then-Vice President Theodore Roosevelt first publicly used the African proverb "Speak softly and carry a big stick" in a speech at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds, which was still a part of St. Paul at the time.

Roosevelt became president just two weeks later, upon the assassination of William McKinley, and built the phrase into his concept of Big Stick Diplomacy.

[9] Between the 1910s and 1930s, Curtiss Northwest Airport was located at the intersection of Snelling and Larpenteur Avenues.

The airfield was important in Minnesota aviation history, hosting Charles Lindbergh, Speed Holman, and Phoebe Fairgrave.

[10] Part of the land is now a city park named Curtiss Field.

[7] Falcon Heights Community Park and Curtiss Field have recreational sports in the summer for kids and an ice rink and warming house in the winter.

[2] Minnesota Highway 51 / Snelling Avenue serves as a main route in the community.