KARE in the Air: Maplewood's Bruentrup Heritage Farm

MAPLEWOOD, Minn. — Our drone tour of Minnesota's iconic and beautiful sights continues with a flight over a historic family farm that now sits smac...

August 16, 2022
7:12 AM

MAPLEWOOD, Minn. — Our drone tour of Minnesota's iconic and beautiful sights continues with a flight over a historic family farm that now sits smack dab in the middle of civilization.  KARE in the Air is on a "barn-hopping" tour, and this stop takes us to the Bruentrup Heritage Farm in Maplewood, a piece of history that started as a 40-acre wedding gift to William Bruentrup and his bride Ida Wagner in 1891. They kept buying up land until the farm reached a total of 175 acres. The City of Maplewood says four generations of the family farmed the land along White Bear Avenue before it was sold to developers, including the plot where Maplewood Mall now stands.

Dana Thiede