Things To Do in Minnesota

Arts Venues

Walker Arts Center & Minneapolis Sculpture Garden

1750 Hennepin Avenue, adjacent to Loring Park
Minneapolis, Minnesota

”Celebrity architects have already completed expansions of important local arts institutions (Herzog & de Meuron at the Walker Art Center;...” More

Bars

414Soundbar

414 Third Avenue N., Downtown
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Bryant Lake Bowl

810 W. Lake Street, Lyn-Lake
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant

1010 Nicollet Mall, Downtown
Minneapolis, Minnesota

The Happy Gnome

498 Selby Avenue, Cathedral Hill
St. Paul, Minnesota

Experiences

Listen to nightly live music at the Lake Harriet band shell

4135 Lake Harriet Parkway
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Savor a farmers' market taste-off

Mill City & St. Paul, Minnesota

Take in the fantastic and eclectic homegrown arts scene

Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Walk or drive St. Paul's five-mile Summit Avenue

St. Paul, Minnesota

Museums

Science Museum of Minnesota

120 W. Kellogg Boulevard, Downtown
St. Paul, Minnesota

Parks

Como Park Zoo and Conservatory

1225 Estabrook Drive, Como Park
St. Paul, Minnesota

Lilydale Park

St. Paul, Minnesota

”...amateur paleontologists can hunt for fossils...” More

Shops

Clancey's

4307 Upton Avenue S
Minneapolis, Minnesota

”At their cheerful Linden Hills butcher shop, owners Kristin Tombers and Greg Westergreen sell products from more than a dozen...” More

Common Good Books

165 Western Avenue N., Cathedral Hill
St. Paul, Minnesota

CorAzoN

1026 Washington Avenue S., Downtown, Mill and Riverfront District
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Cupcake

3338 University Avenue SE
Minneapolis, Minnesota

”This Minneapolis favorite sells more than 30 cupcake varieties....” More

Design Collective

1311 W. 26th Street, Uptown
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Dockside Fish Market

418 W. Hwy. 61
Grand Marais, MN

”Langton vouches for the “fantastic” brown sugar–brined smoked herring...” More

Franklin Street Bakery

1020 East Franklin Avenue
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Golden Fig Fine Foods

790 Grand Avenue, Crocus Hill
St. Paul, Minnesota

Heimie's Haberdashery

400 St. Peter Street, Downtown
St. Paul, Minnesota

Midtown Antique Mall

301 S. Main St.
Stillwater, MN

”The Mall hosts 90 dealers in a three-story structure; the top level is a giant furniture gallery that features Mission...” More

Midwest Mountaineering

309 Cedar Ave. S, Cedar-Riverside
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Rustica

816 West 46th Street
Minneapolis, Minnesota

”Only early risers get a crack at the popular Cañadas de Azucar, a thin, soft, Spanish-inspired flatbread drizzled with olive...” More

Staples Mill Antiques

410 N. Main St.
Stillwater, MN

”This co-op of 35 dealers housed in a 50-year-old stone sawmill, is stocked with everything from stacks of Life magazines...” More

St. Croix Antiquarian Booksellers

232 Main St.
Stillwater, MN

”You'll find owner Gary Goodman at his desk at the front of the store, where he dispenses encyclopedic knowledge of...” More

Via's Vintage

2408 Hennepin Ave. S
Minneapolis

”Buying vintage clothing isn’t a nove...” More

Theater/Performance Spaces

Wineries

Alexis Bailly Vineyard

18200 Kirby Ave.
Hastings, MN

”Nan Bailly does it well, producing a range from the dry red Voyageur to the orange-scented fortified wine, Ratafia...” More

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