Get the travel bags you need for an outdoor adventure that’s truly Minnesotan. Even if you’re not heading to the state’s parks, you can wear the apparel and accessories any Read more [...]
Afton Apple
Category: AttractionsIn the fall, you can pick apples and pumpkins, let your kids loose on the playground and petting zoo, and get lost in the 15-acre corn maze. If you’re here Read more [...]
Lee Peterson Tree Farm & Orchard
Category: AttractionsJust an hour outside of the Twin Cities in Becker is the quaint and family-owned tree farm and orchard, Lee Peterson Tree Farm & Orchard. Featuring you-pick apples such as Read more [...]
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
Category: AttractionsMore than 1,100 acres of wetlands, woods, prairies and gardens. A main building contains a gift shop, conservatory, library and tea room. Tours available. Admission: $15 adults, ages 15 and Read more [...]
Pleasant Valley Minnesota Apple Orchard
Category: AttractionsPleasant Valley Orchard has two great seasons. Pick your own strawberries in June/July and enjoy fall apple orchard season Labor Day weekend through early November. Situated with sweeping views of Read more [...]
Nicollet Island
Category: AttractionsThe Mississippi’s largest island hardly seems like one, being a stone’s throw from the cobblestoned Riverplace entertainment district. Offers fantastic views of downtown Minneapolis and the river. Features the romantic Read more [...]
Nicollet Mall
Category: AttractionsNot a mall at all but a bustling pedestrian thoroughfare cutting through Minneapolis’ downtown business district. Lined with skyscrapers, swank restaurants and some of the city’s finest stores, it’s thick Read more [...]
Minnehaha Falls – Regional Park
Category: AttractionsMinnehaha Parkway is a 5-mile strip of green space with a multi-use trail that begins at Lake Harriet, connects with Minnehaha Creek and winds across south Minneapolis to Minnehaha Park Read more [...]
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge
Category: AttractionsOne of only a handful of urban national wildlife refuges in the United States, with approximately 50 mammals and more than 220 species of birds. The Visitor Center features exhibits, Read more [...]
Charlotte Partridge Ordway Japanese Garden
Category: AttractionsThe meticulous design of this Sansui-style, or mountain and water landscape, garden was a gift to the city from Nagasaki residents. Free admission, donations suggested: $3 adults, $2 children.