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Segway Tours Parent rating: Location: 125 Main Street SE, Minneapolis, MN Travel back in time - aboard the most modern of transport devices - on a five-mile Segway tour along the historic Minneapolis waterfront. The Segway, a stabilized gyroscopic "hum...
Jackson Street Roundhouse Parent rating: Location: 193 Pennsylvania Avenue East, Saint Paul, MN The Jackson Street Roundhouse was built by the Great Northern Railroad in 1907 to service their passenger-service steam locomotives. It was part of the historic Jackson Street shop compl...
Minnesota Air National Guard Museum Parent rating: Location: Air Guard Base, 670 General Miller Drive, Saint Paul, MN The Minnesota Air National Guard Museum displays about 20 different aircraft in an outdoor Air Park on the active base, including fighters, transports, trainers, and helicopters. Inside ...
Oliver Kelley Farm Parent 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...
Historic Fort Snelling Parent rating: Location: Fort Snelling History Center, Saint Paul, MN This restored stone fortress - an 1820s military outpost once at the edge of a small settlement, but now in the heart of the metropolitan area - brings the past to life with costumed guides, th...
Cafesjian's Carousel Parent rating: Location: 1245 Midway Parkway, Saint Paul, MN This fabulous 68-horse carousel, built in 1914, is now housed in its own pavilion in
Nicollet Island Park Parent rating: Location: Nicollet Island, Minneapolis, MN Nicollet Island is undeniably an urban jewel, with peaceful greenspace and spectacular views. It's easily accessible by bridge from downtown, the historic St. Anthony Main waterfr...
John H. Stevens House Parent rating: Location: 4901 Minnehaha Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN When the Stevens House was built beside the Falls of St. Anthony in 1850, it was the first wood frame dwelling west of the Mississippi. But that was just the first of the many distinctio...
Ard Godfrey House Parent rating: Location: 50 University Avenue Northeast, Minneapolis, MN The oldest surviving wood frame house in the city is maintained by The Women's Club of Minneapolis. The sunny yellow little building sits stubbornly on a ...
John R. Cummins House Parent rating: Location: 13600 Pioneer Trail, Eden Prairie, MN Eden Prairie's John R. Cummins House was built in 1879 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The site hosts family-friendly events and activities throughout the year, inclu...
Gibbs Museum of Pioneer & Dakotah Life Parent rating: Location: 2097 West Larpenteur Avenue, Saint Paul, MN The Gibbs Museum offers visitors a low-key way to step back in time, with tours of the historic site by costumed interpreters and special events throughout the site's season. Th...
Osceola & St. Croix Valley Railway Parent rating: Location: 114 Depot Road, Osceola, WI Located in historic Osceola, the Osceola & St. Croix Valley Railway provides a unique opportunity for kids of all ages to view the scenic St. Croix river valley.
The Landing Parent rating: Location: 2187 East Highway 101, Shakopee, MN The Landing (formerly known as Historic Murphy's Landing) - a living history museum nestled along a beautiful river valley - recreates life as it was in Minnesota in the latter half of t...
Minnesota Historical Society Parent rating: Location: 345 Kellogg Boulevard West, Saint Paul, MN The non-profit Minnesota Historical Society (MHS) is a fabulous resource for local parents and visitors alike. MHS administers 26 historic sites, museums, living history centers...
Historic Downtown Hastings Parent rating: Location: West 2nd Street, between Vermillion and Sibley, Between Vermillion and Bailey, Hastings, MN

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