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Parkers Lake ParkParent rating:  Location: 15205 County Road 6, Minneapolis, MN Plymouth's Parkers Lake Park features a beach, canoe rental, fishing, and concessions in summer, and in wintern, ice skating and a warming house. Trails, volleyball courts, a gard...
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Oliver Kelley FarmParent rating: Location: 15788 Kelley Farm Road, Elk River, MN When visitors step onto this working 1850s farm, they can pick heirloom vegetables from the garden, chat with the farmhands, check in on the animals in the barn, churn butter, make straw hats a...
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Marjorie McNeely ConservatoryParent rating: Location: 1225 Estabrook Drive, Saint Paul, MN Strolling through the lush, colorful, and ever-changing gardens at the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory (formerly Como Park Conservatory), it's clear why more than 300 couples a year choose the |
Dodge Nature CenterParent rating: Location: 365 West Marie Avenue, Saint Paul, MN The bees in the apiary aren't the only ones busy at Dodge Nature Center. This may well be the hardest working facility around! There's the barn and its farm animals, incl... |
Caponi Art Park & Learning CenterParent rating: Location: 1220 Diffley Road, Saint Paul, MN Caponi Art Park and Learning Center - located on 60 acres of rolling, wooded hills in Eagan - presents free concerts, activities, and performances amidst art and nature in an effort to m...
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Lake HarrietParent rating:  Location: 43rd Street & East Lake Harriet Parkway, Minneapolis, MN Lake Harriet, the southernmost of the Chain of Lakes, is a magnet for families with small ch...
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Minnesota Landscape ArboretumParent rating: Location: 3675 Arboretum Drive, Chaska, MN The Arboretum, part of the Horticultural Science department at the U of M, features more than 1,000 acres of public gardens; miles of hiking trails winding through prairie, marsh, and wo...
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Sever's Corn MazeParent rating: Location: Shakopee, MN Each year since 1977, Sever and Sharon Peterson have been sculpting elaborate designs into their enormous corn field each fall, with themes ranging from politics to the Titanic. ... |
Gale Woods FarmParent rating: Location: 7210 County Road 110, Mound, MN This picturesque 410-acre working farm is run by the Three Rivers Pa...
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Grand Rounds National Scenic BywayParent rating:  Location: Minneapolis, MN The Grand Rounds National Scenic Byway byway connects seven bucolic urban districts along its 52-mile route through Minneapolis; each district features sites of historical and cultural s...
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Zywiec'sParent rating: Location: 10900 Pt. Douglas Road, Cottage Grove, MN This landscape and garden center goes all out for Halloween, offering a month of activities, including a haunted house, haunted hayride, cider and brats, a bonfire, and live entertainment. A "low-scar...
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Normandale Community CollegeParent rating: Location: 9700 France Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN The campus of Normandale Community College features several performing arts venues, a fine arts gallery, and a lovely two-acre Japanese Garden. The garden is open all year and admission ...
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Audubon Park and Recreation CenterParent rating: Location: 1320 - 29th Avenue Northeast, Minneapolis, MN Audubon Park boasts a playground, ball fields, and tennis and basketball courts, as well as shady paths and a volunteer-maintained garden. In winter, visitors can enjoy a sledding hill; in summ...
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Lake Nokomis & Nokomis Community CenterParent rating: Location: 2401 East Minnehaha Parkway, Minneapolis, MN Lake Nokomis - one of three sailing lakes in Minneapolis (along with Lake Harriet and |
Theodore Wirth ParkParent rating: Location: 1339 Theodore Wirth Parkway, Minneapolis, MN This sprawling park is the largest administered by the Minneapolis Park Board, and is part of the...
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