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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...
Como Zoo Parent rating: Location: 1225 Estabrook Drive, Saint Paul, MN It's thoroughly enjoyable to spend a summer day visiting Como Zoo - winner of our 2008 Parents' Picks in the...
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...
Emma Krumbee's Orchard & Restaurant Parent rating: Location: 501 East South Street (Highway 169), Belle Plaine, MN This farm-o-tainment complex is open year-round, and includes a homey restaurant and bakery; a gift shop and general store; a farmers market; an on-site hotel; and more. Seasonal activities lik...
Mill City Farmers Market Parent rating: Location: 704 - 2nd Street South, Minneapolis, MN The Mill City Farmers Market operates on Saturday mornings from early-May to mid-October, with special events scheduled throughout the season...and a gorgeous downtown riverside location that's...
Como Town Parent rating: Location: 1301 Midway Parkway, Saint Paul, MN Ideally situated next to the Como Zoo,
Como Park Parent rating: Location: 1360 Lexington Parkway, Saint Paul, MN The big attractions in Como Park get a lot of attention - and rightly so. The fabulous free
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...
Mill City Museum Parent rating: Location: 704 South Second Street, Minneapolis, MN This newer museum was built within the limestone ruins of the century-old Washburn A Mill, one of the many mills that lined the Mississippi riverfront here, back when Minneapolis was the flo...
Silverwood Park Parent rating: Location: 2500 County Road E, Minneapolis, MN Silverwood Park, opened in the fall of 2009, is the newest jewel in the
Minnesota Children's Museum Parent rating: Location: 10 West Seventh Street, Saint Paul, MN The Minnesota Children's Museum - voted Best Museum for Little Kids in the Twin Cities in our 2008 and 2009 Parents' Picks p...
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
Valleyfair Parent rating: Location: One Valleyfair Drive, Shakopee, MN Parents often dread taking kids to a pricey, bustling, hyperkinetic, kidtainment mecca like Valleyfair. But as these kinds of places go, this one's a dream. So go ahead - make their day!...
Caponi Art Park & Learning Center Parent 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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