Nature in the City: Westwood Hills Nature Center
A favorite metro nature area, Westwood Hills Nature Center samples all of Minnesota’s best features: lake, marsh, woods, and restored prairie.
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12 Reasons to Visit the Mall of America
Minnesota’s Mall of America combines shopping, entertainment, dining, attractions, and hotels. No wonder visitors come from near and far.
Destination Duluth MN: Best Things to Do and See
Duluth Minnesota on Lake Superior deserves more than a drive-by on the way to the North Shore. This port city offers many scenic walks , family attractions, good food, fun shopping, and historic sites. Best things to do and see in Duluth MN
What to do in Grand Marais
The charming old town of Grand Marais, with its many unique Minnesota characteristics, makes a great base for exploring the North Shore of Lake Superior, the Gunflint Trail, and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
The Science Museum of Minnesota
Saint Paul’s Science Museum of Minnesota is one of the premier attractions for children in Minnesota. So many levers to pull, wheels to turn, and buttons to push.
Minneapolis: Minnehaha Falls to the Mississippi River
You can take a two-mile walk from Minnehaha Falls to the Mississippi River and hardly know you’re in a city.
Walking the Carleton College Arboretum
The Carleton College Arboretum provides miles of great hiking, as well as a chance to explore typical Minnesota woods and prairie ecosystems.
The Oberg Mountain Trail: Fall Colors on the North Shore
A walk around the Oberg Mountain Trail near Tofte will give you great views of the North Shore fall colors below.
The Grand Portage National Monument
The Grand Portage National Monument is an entertaining and informative journey back into the history of the earliest trading economy of Minnesota. Costume clad docents will lead your through the reconstructed trading outpost and enlighten you on the earliest encounters between the Ojibwe, the French Canadian Voyageurs, and the English North West Trading Company.
Itasca State Park, Headwaters of the Mississippi River
The oldest, and most iconic, Minnesota State Park is Itasca State Park–the headwaters of the Mississippi River. You can’t say you’ve been there if you haven’t walked across the river.