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Segway ToursParent 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...
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metroConnectionsParent rating: ![]() Location: 1219 Marquette Avenue, Suite 110, Minneapolis, MN metroConnections offers motorcoach sightseeing tours (some including riverboat rides) around the Twin Cities, Stillwater, and along the Mississippi. A special Holiday Lights tour ...
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Mill City MuseumParent 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...
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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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Wayzata Depot & Towne TrolleyParent rating: ![]() Location: 402 East Lake Street, Wayzata, MN Modern-day settlement of Wayzata began in the 1850s, with the start of rail service from Minneapolis. Vacationers escaping the city for beautiful Lake Minnetonka would get off the train at the dock, a...
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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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Grand Avenue Shopping DistrictParent rating: ![]() Location: Grand Avenue, Saint Paul, MN Grand Avenue spans about 30 blocks, from the Mississippi River to downtown St. Paul. The main, concentration of shops and restaurants radiates out in both directions from the intersection at Vi...
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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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Padelford Packet Boat Co.Parent rating: ![]() Location: Harriet Island, Saint Paul, MN Padelford Boats operates boats departing from Harriet Island Regional Park. Field trips focusing on history, bird watching, and other topics are offered for school children Monday throu...
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Rice ParkParent rating: ![]() Location: 109 West 4th Street, Saint Paul, MN If it's true what they say about real estate - "Location, location, location!" - then Rice Park, a lovely but postage stamp-sized park with a large fountain and Peanuts character sculptu...
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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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Minneapolis Sculpture GardenParent rating: ![]() Location: 1750 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, MN Location, location, location ... it's hard to think of a better one in Minneapolis than the site of the Sculpture Garden, bridging as it does the area between Uptown and downtown Minneap...
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Chain of LakesParent rating: ![]() Location: Southwest Minneapolis , Minneapolis, MN Families throughout the metro area come to the Chain of Lakes, on the Grand Rounds Scenic Bywa...
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Mississippi River Visitor CenterParent rating: ![]() Location: 120 West Kellogg Boulevard, Saint Paul, MN Staffed by park rangers and filled with exhibits on commerce, biology, art, and music relating to the river, the Mississippi River Visitor Center provides a wealth of information for fam...
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