Destinations
821 Marquette Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55402
Phone: 612-215-3783
Tours arranged through the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce at 612-767-6824.
On the National Register of Historic Places, the Foshay Tower has been on a popular and sentimental landmark for Minnesota since opening in 1929. The only building in the world modeled after the Washington Monument, the Foshay Tower was built by multi-mullionaire real estate developer Wilbur B. Foshay...
Category: Museum
7210 County Road 110 W, Minnetrista, MN 55364
Phone: 763-694-2001
Three Rivers Park District
Outdoor fun on a real working farm! Located on picturesque Whaletail Lake in Minnetrista, Gale Woods Farm features a unique educational opportunity where visitors of all ages will gain an understanding of agriculture, food production and land stewardship.
Come out and explore the park on your own, arrange a field trip, or attend a public event....
Category: Nature Center
20880 Olinda Trail North, Scandia, MN 55073
From their website:
Gammelgården (old small farm) Museum, is owned by Elim Lutheran Church and since 1972 has preserved, presented, and promoted Swedish immigrant heritage and history.
The 5 historic buildings located on the Gammelgården property help tell the story of the early Swedish Immigrant to Minnesota and the community and life style they created. Several are original to the 11 acre site...
Category: Museum
2097 Larpenteur Ave W, St Paul, MN 55113
Phone: 651-646-8629Email: info@rchs.comWebsite: www.rchs.com/gbbsfm2.htm
The story of the Gibbs Museum begins in 1833 near Batavia, New York. Jane DeBow was taken by a missionary family traveling west to work among the Dakotah around Fort Snelling. In 1835 Jane arrived at Fort Snelling as a child of six, and lived among Cloud Man’s band of Dakotah on the shores of Lake Calhoun in present-day...
Category: Museum
12425 River Ridge Blvd, Burnsville, MN 55337
Phone: 952-224-0413 or 952-224-0414 Website: www.grandslammn.com
Grand Slam is an indoor play area with over over 30,000 square feet of activities, games, rides and sporting activities for the whole family!
Pirates Lair 18-Hole Mini Golf
Krazy Kars (Bumper Cars)
Arcade
Batting Cages
Air Powered Play Zone
Lazer Tag
Basketball Court
Snack Bar
Purchase a wristband package for unlimited fun or...
Category: Recreation Center/Gym
818 S 2nd St, Minneapolis, MN Minneapolis
The Guthrie boasts three stages, a full-service restaurant with pre-show dining, and some of the best views of Minneapolis to be found in the city.
Wurtele Thrust Stage reaches out into the audience with seating on three sides putting patrons at the center of the action as actors enter and exit the stage from backstage, through an intricate collection of trap doors and elevators, and directly...
Category: Theater
7001 York Ave S, Edina, MN 55435
The Helen Young room is located on the second floor of Southdale Library and accommodates groups from 15 to 49 people. There are 13 tables available for setup options.
Hennepin County Library provides community gathering spaces in order for groups to come together to learn and exchange information and ideas. Public gathering places are made available to the public regardless of the beliefs or...
Category: Library
2303 3rd Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55404
phone: 612-870-1329fax: 612-870-1320website: www.hennepinhistory.org email: museum.info@hennepinhistory.org
The Hennepin History Museum is one of the Twin Cities' most unique social history museums, offering superb exhibits in a historic mansion setting and archival collections of priceless scholarly value. HHM evolved from the Hennepin County Territorial Pioneers Association in 1858 to the...
Category: Museum
30 East 10th St, St Paul, MN 55101
A theater in Minneapolis focused on new plays and plays about Minnesota's past.
Category: Theater
33 14th Ave N, Hopkins, MN 55343
From the Hopkinsmn.com website:
"The Hopkins Activity Center is a community facility with a gym, kitchen and meeting rooms used by residents for active or passive, large or small activities.
The Activity Center is a gathering place for mature adults to participate in organized as well as unorganized recreational, social, educational, nutritional, fitness, and volunteer activities. Many people...
Category: Community Center
190 S. River Ridge Circle, River Ridge Arts Bldg., Burnsville, MN 55337
In the Company of Kids Creative Arts Center (Theater School) welcomes all ages and abilities to their lovely facility in Burnsville.
Giving everyone the opportunity to discover the Arts and the creativity within! Teaching life long skills in communication, self esteem building, confidence, social skills, problem solving and more.
Fun classes for all ages in Acting, Voice (...
Category: School
27160 County Road 2, Comfrey, MN 56019
From the website: "Amid the prairie grasses are islands of uncovered rock, where American Indians left carvings —petroglyphs— humans, deer, elk, buffalo, turtles, thunderbirds, atlatls and arrows. They tell a story that spans 5,000 years. The glyphs served many functions, including recording important events, depicting sacred ceremonies, and emphasizing the importance of...
3600 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55408
"This chapel is the most perfect example of Byzantine mosaic Art in the United States. It is worth to visit!Vivi"
Category: House of Worship
4301 Nicollet Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55409-2072
Leonardo's Basement is an innovative educational organization for children and their families that offers an imaginative learning environment where girls and boys ages 6 to 16 design and build their creative ideas, mixing art, science and technology.
Leonardo's Basement is located in south Minneapolis, just west of I-35W, at 4301 Nicollet Ave S, under the Anodyne Coffeehouse. The entrance is on...
Category: Art center
3300 Edinborough Way, Suite 206, Edina, MN 55435
For more information call 1-800-300-1818
"I made you a kite, so you would have to look up." — Dan Zadra
"We believe, passionately, that children and adults can be taught to read and comprehend. We believe that sensory-cognitive factors are the first dominoes in language and literacy skills. We believe that imagery is the primary sensory-cognitive domino in language and literacy development." —...
Category: School
Glen Rd. & Century Ave., Newport, MN
Park Amenities:
3 Pavilions / Grills
Tennis Courts
2 Ball Fields
Batting Cages
Skating Rinks
Warming Houses
Hiking Trails
Horseshoe Pits
Category: Park
7025 Victoria Drive, Victoria, MN 55386
Lowry Nature Center, the first public nature center built in the Twin Cities, is a beautiful, prairie-style building nestled in the middle of the Carver Park Reserve. Our staff of Naturalists is dedicated to sharing their knowledge and teaching the importance of environmental stewardship to visitors and participants of our interdisciplinary educational events. The 250-acre interpretive area...
Category: Nature Center
100 State Street, Madison, WI 53703
A museum full of hands-on exhibits for toddlers, preschoolers and early elementary.
Category: Museum
2659 7th St E, Maplewood, MN 55119
Hiking trails, field trips, classes, indoor and outdoor exhibits.
Category: Nature Center
704 South Second Street, Minneapolis, MN 55401
A fun, interactive museum about Minneapolis's history as the "Mill City". Housed in the Washburn A Mill, a refurbished flour mill that was nearly destroyed by fire in 1991. The museum includes a baking lab and a water lab.
Category: Museum
43411 Oodena Dr, Onamia, MN 56359
Explore the story of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe through museum exhibits, objects, demonstrations, and tours, and shop for locally made Native American arts and crafts in the restored 1930s trading post.
Driving directions: The museum and trading post are located next to Lake Mille Lacs on the east side of US Route 169.
Parking information: Free parking is available at the museum and...
Category: Museum
700 N. Art Museum Drive, Milwaukee, WI 53202
A world-class art museum whose collection ranges from the 15th century to modern and post-modern art. Houses one of the largest collections of pieces by Georgia O'Keefe.
Category: Museum
800 West Wells Street, Milwaukee, WI 53233
A museum of Natural and Human history, complete with a Planetarium.
Category: Museum
300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN 55401
The new Central Library building, designed by Cesar Pelli, along with the Minneapolis architectural firm Architectural Alliance opened to the public in 2006. It offers a large children's library, a teen area, and 300 internet terminals (available for free public use), in addition to a large general collection.
Category: Library
1301 2nd Ave S , Minneapolis, MN 55403
website: http://www.minneapolisconventioncenter.com
The Minneapolis Convention Center (MCC) is a popular venue for a variety of conferences, trade shows and events. With nearly 480,000 square feet of trade show space, 87 column-free conference meeting rooms, a 28,000-square-foot ballroom, and an auditorium, the facility can handle many different kinds of event from a small meeting to a large...
Category: Community Center
2400 3rd Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55404
A large collection of archeological artifacts from Asia, Africa, Native Americans, Ancient Greece and Rome. An internationally acclaimed collection of European and American paintings from the 14th century to the present.Driving directionsFrom the east on I-94 West (from St. Paul), exit at 11th St and follow 11th St exit to the second stoplight. Turn left onto 3rd Ave S. Continue on 3rd Ave until...
Category: Museum
1011 Washington Ave S, Suite 100, Open Book Building , Minneapolis, MN 55415
Minnesota Center for Book Arts, the largest and most comprehensive center of its kind, is committed to book art, artists and appreciators. Celebrating the book as a vibrant contemporary art form that takes many shapes, MCBA leads the advancement of the book as an evolving art form through quality programs that support a broad continuum of creators, learners and admirers by promoting innovation,...
Category: Art center
10 West Seventh Street, St Paul, MN 55102
A museum for the little guys. There's an ant maze, a large pretend-play neighborhood, and a water-play/science area.
Category: Museum
345 Kellogg Blvd W. , St Paul, MN 55102
A museum, a library, a shop and a cafe. Run by the Minnesota Historical Society.
Category: Museum
222 21st Ave S, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
MLAC is a is a high density storage facility for important but little used items owned by Minnesota libraries. MLAC is located in one of two caverns located 85 feet under the Andersen Library on the West Bank Campus of the University of Minnesota. It's temperature is a constant 60° (+/- 2.5°) with a constant relative humidity of 50% (+/- 4%), ideal for the long term storage of books.
The MLAC...
Category: Library
75 Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd , Saint Paul, MN 55155
Phone: 651-296-2881Email: statecapitol@mnhs.org Website: www.mnhs.org/places/sites/mscAdmission: Hourly tours are free. Hours: Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Sunday 1 to 4 p.m. Guided tours are offered Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Sunday, 1, 2 or 3 p.m. Closed holidays except President's Day and July 4th.
On January 2, 1905, thousands of...
Category: Museum
1265 Snelling Ave N, St Paul, MN 55108
Location of the Minnesota State Fair over Labor Day weekend every year, and lots of other events too.
Category: Other
13000 Zoo Boulevard, Apple Valley, MN 55124
The "big zoo" near the Twin Cities. In addition to the large outdoor exhibits, including the "family farm", there's a lot to see inside (good for cold winter days). Stroller friendly. Expect to do lots of walking.
Category: Zoo
