Taylors Falls, Minnesota

Taylors Falls is a city in Chisago County, Minnesota, United States, located at the junction of U.S. Highway 8 and Minnesota State Highway 95.

[7] Taylors Falls is located adjacent to St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin, at the Dalles of the St. Croix River, an area of forested bluffs and high cliffs.

Historic building in Taylor Falls include the Folsom House, located in the historic Angel Hill District,[9] the Old Jail,and the Taylors Falls Public Library.

Taylors Falls also has the oldest public schoolhouse in Minnesota, built in 1852.

[10] Interstate State Park is located on the east side of Taylors Falls.

The park hosts scenic river views, canoeing, camping, fishing, rock climbing, and glacial potholes.

[11] The Minnesota side of Interstate State Park has a variety of bouldering, toprope, and traditional climbing ranging from 5.5 to 5.13.

[12] Taylors Falls was the location where the main characters of Vilhelm Moberg's Swedish novel The Emigrants first settled.

It was adapted into a film, and later a musical called Kristina från Duvemåla.

Dalles of the St. Croix River, on the Wisconsin bank, near Taylors Falls
The Folsom House, in Taylors Falls's Angel Hill District .
Map of Minnesota highlighting Chisago County