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Wild Mountain Ski & Snowboard Area
Winter fun for the whole family.

Category: Taylors Falls Skiing in Minnesota

Description of this Minnesota Activity: Wild Mountain is located one hour north of the Twin Cities. Nestled deep within the St. Croix River Valley, it is a beautiful wooded area for skiing and snowboarding. Open seven days and nights a week. With it's family atmosphere, Wild Mountain is loved by people of all ages for its skiing an snowboarding. Children love Wild Cat ski and snowboard lessons and parents enjoy spending time skiing while there children are having fun with their friends and instructors. New this season re-designed beginner area with a 100' conveyor! We offer 25 runs with a variety of terrain to keep skiers and boarders of all abilities and levels happy and having fun for days or weeks on end. Wireless hot spot. Enjoy free wireless internet access in our chalet. Check out our Saturday late night skiing until 1:00am November 29, 2008 thru February 28, 2009. With one of the largest snowmaking and grooming fleets in the midwest, we guarantee a white winter even when your back yard is brown. Wild Chute's snow tubing park is in it's third year of operation with rave reviews continuing to pour in. Come out and join us for a day full of snow tubing,skiing or snowboarding!

Wild Mountain Taylors Falls Recreation
Year round family fun for all ages.

Category: Taylors Falls Recreation in Minnesota

Description of this Minnesota Activity: Save on gas this summer! Family fun for all ages only an hour away from the Twin Cities Check out Wild Adventure Island. A multi level activity center with a 350 gallon tipping bucket, 4 water slides, water cannons, cargo climbing nets and bubblers. It is nestled in the lazy river and srrounded by a zero depth play area. In addition Wild Mountain offers serveral water rides,alpine slides and go-karts for adults and children. Canoeing and kayaking is perfect for individuals, couples and families. Wildwood RV Park & Campground offers a fariety of sunny or shaded campsites for tenting or with full hookups. There is a heated swimming pool, mini golf, playground, volleyball and horseshoes. Taylors Falls Scenic Boat Tours offer narrated daily trips, history cruises, private charters, dinner cruises, wedings, receptions from May throught Mid-October every year. You may purchase tickets online for the Daily Scenic Boat Tours. Enjoy the scenic beauty of the St. Croix River.

Wild River Stable
trail rides, riding lessons, day camps, moon light rides

Category: Almelund Horseback Riding in Minnesota

Description of this Minnesota Activity: We are located next to the Wild River State Park on County Road 12, three miles North of Almelund, MN. Come ride with us along the St. Croix River Valley enjoying the trails on horseback. We have trail rides for the beginner to the experienced in this scenic park. We also offer group riding lessons, private lessons, day camps, and moon light rides.

3M Museum
Birthplace of 3M Two Harbors, MN

Category: Two Harbors Museum near Duluth, Minnesota

Description of this Duluth area Attraction: The 3M Museum is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The articles of incorporation were signed in this building in 1902. The building served as 3M headquarters until the company moved to St. Paul, Minnesota in 1916. This museum pays tribute to the birthplace of 3M and traces the growth of a well-respected corporation known throughout the world.

Alexander Ramsey House
One of the nation's best preserved Victorian-era homes

Category: St. Paul Historic Site near Twin Cities, Minnesota

Description of this Twin Cities area Attraction: One of the nation's best preserved Victorian-era homes, the Ramsey House offers a glimpse into family and servant life in the 1870s. Three generation of Ramseys lived the home before it was willed to the Society in the 1960s. Original family items and furnishings remain. Visitors can enjoy guided tours and special events in St. Paul's historic Irvine Park neighborhood.

American Swedish Institute
Museum of Swedish art, culture and history

Category: Minneapolis Museum near Twin Cities, Minnesota

Description of this Twin Cities area Attraction: Founded in 1929 by Swedish immigrant newspaper publisher Swan J. Turnblad, the American Swedish Institute is a historic house, museum and cultural center offering a variety of programs designed to celebrate Swedish culture. The American Swedish Institute is housed in a 100-year-old, which was built for the Institute's founder. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Museum hours: Tues., Thur.-Sat. 12-4 p.m., Wed. 12-8 p.m. and Sun. 1-5 p.m. (closed Mondays and holidays). Extended hours on Saturdays in November and December and the Friday after Thanksgiving from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Canterbury Park Racetrack and Card Club
Live horse racing and 24-hour Card Club

Category: Shakopee Casino near Twin Cities, Minnesota

Description of this Twin Cities area Attraction: Canterbury's exciting summer racing season runs May through September. Watch and wager on racing from all over the country in our Tele-Racing Center. Pull up a chair in our luxurious 50-table Card Club. Grandstand offers indoor and outdoor seating. Park restaurant with full service menu. 22 snack stands, bars and food venues.

Cascade Bay Water Park & Captain's Course Miniature Golf
Outdoor water park with 5 slides, lazy river & mini golf

Category: Eagan Theme Park near Twin Cities, Minnesota
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Description of this Twin Cities area Attraction: The largest of city water parks in the Midwest, Cascade Bay gives you all of the fun at a fraction of the cost of other water parks. Zero-depth entry, water slides, a lazy river float and more can be enjoyed. Free shade umbrellas and seating on first-come basis. Snack bar, shower house, locker rooms and lots of free parking available. Guests over 42 - $9.00, After 5pm - $5.00 Guests under 42 and Seniors (62 & Older) $7.00, After 5pm - $3.00 Under 18 months - Free All Day Play a round of golf on Captain's Course, Cascade Bay's nine-hole miniature golf course! It is the perfect activity to enjoy with family and friends. The cost is just $3.00 per round.

Chanhassen Dinner Theatres
The nation's largest professional dinner theatre complex!

Category: Chanhassen Culture near Twin Cities, Minnesota
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Description of this Twin Cities area Attraction: For nearly forty years, Chanhassen Dinner Theatres has been recognized for quality dining and entertainment. Guests relax and enjoy tableside service with entrees selected from a delicious menu including specialty appetizers, cocktails and desserts. Enjoy an evening at the nation’s largest professional dinner theatre. AAA Magazine says, “Any Twin Cities visit should include an evening at Chanhassen!” Open year-round.

Chanhassen Dinner Theatres
Broadway style productions, great menu and wine list

Category: Chanhassen Culture near Twin Cities, Minnesota

Description of this Twin Cities area Attraction: For a taste of Broadway, visit the Chanhassen Dinner Theatres where each year we are proud to entertain as many as 250,000 guests. The Chanhassen is the largest professional dinner theatre in the nation, a premiere entertainment establishment offering warmth, charm and elegance to its guests. A wide variety of entertainment is featured to please the diverse tastes of theatergoers. Full-scale musicals are Chanhassen's specialty in the Main Dinner Theatre. Here audiences see such blockbusters as Cats, A Chorus Line, or Beauty and the Beast. The Fireside Theatre presents hit comedies and small cast musicals while the Playhouse features musical revues and featured comedy acts. Chanhassen is in the unique position of having facilities to build costumes, sets and props on-site. This allows Chanhassen's artistic staff free creative range when putting together productions for its audiences. Chanhassen is also the largest privately-owned restaurant in Minnesota. Guests will relax and enjoy tableside service with items selected from a complete menu and wine list. Specialty appetizers, cocktails and desserts are also available. Gourmet Magazine calls Chanhassen "one of the very best dinner theatres in the county." AAA Magazine says "any Twin Cities trip should include an evening at the Chanhassen!"

Crofut Family Winery & Vineyard

Category: Jordan Winery in Minnesota

Description of this Minnesota Attraction: The Crofut Family Winery & Vineyard is a 63-acre farm and vineyard. There are 6.5 acres of commercial vines planted in 2003-2004, including University of Minnesota varieties: Frontenac, Frontenac Gris, and LaCrescent. The test vineyard, located at the entrance to the property, is assessing experimental grape vine varieties for hardiness, disease resistance and of course, taste! The Crofut family has been making wine for three generations. Don has won numerous awards for his winemaking at State and County Fairs. Visitors will see the grape harvest and processing of grapes for juice and wine production.

Depot Muesum
Two Harbors Depot Museum

Category: Two Harbors Museum near Duluth, Minnesota

Description of this Duluth area Attraction: The Depot Museum, located in the 1907 headquarters of the Duluth and Iron Range Railway Company, provides insight to the area's unique history. From 4,000-year old archeological discoveries to the Civilian Conservation Camps of the Depression, the exhibits will enlighten and engage you. The museum faces the harbor, site of the first shipment of iron ore from Minnesota. More than 10 million tons of ore are still shipped from this port annually. Throughthout summer, ships of up to 1,000 feet long come into port to load with taconite and iron ore.

Down In History
Exciting Motorcoach tours of Saint Paul & surroundings

Category: St. Paul Aquarium near Twin Cities, Minnesota

Description of this Twin Cities area Attraction: Down In History takes you on some of the most exciting tours of the Saint Paul Area. All tours are done by characters in costume and most are 2 hours long. Winter months (October to May)Public Tours include the Saint Paul Gangster Tour every Saturday at noon (2 hours), The Historic Cave Tour every Thursday at 5 pm and Saturday & Sundays at 11 am. Additional Tours will be added in the Summer months. We also do group tours for 25+ including Mill City Mobs-tour, No Blarney Tour, Rivers & Roots Tour, etc. Hear about Saint Paul when it wasn't so Saintly, or the MiniApple when it was rotton to the core, or see the Unusual side of Saint Paul on the Tacky Tour. We are a Blast from the Past!

Drugstore and Pharmacy Museum
Soderlund's Pharmacy Museum and Soda Fountain

Category: Saint Peter Museum near Mankato, Minnesota

Description of this Mankato area Attraction: Drink a free root beer at an antique soda fountain and look over the collection of antique medicine bottles displayed in authentic drug store cabinets. The Soderlund Pharmacy Museum is located in a working drugstore in historic Saint Peter Minnesota in the heart of the famous Minnesota River Valley. This is a must see for anybody traveling through southern Minnesota.

Edna G. Tugboat
The Edna G. Tugboat was built in 1896

Category: Two Harbors Historic Site near Duluth, Minnesota

Description of this Duluth area Attraction: The Edna G. has seen continous service at Two Harbors, MN until her retirement, except when she was seized by the U.S. Government and sent to the East coast during WW1. There she guided naval vessels and hauled supplies. In 1974 the Edna G, was designated a National Historic Site, as the only steam powered tug operating on the Great Lakes. She was donated to the City of Two Harbors after her retirement in 1981.

Fieldstone Vineyards
Winery in southwestern Minnesota

Category: Morgan Winery in Minnesota

Description of this Minnesota Attraction: Fieldstone Vineyards opened in 2003 with it's first vintage and has gone on to win awards in international wine competitions. For the past 4 vintages, Fieldstone Vineyards has been one of the only wineries in Minnesota that is 100% Minnesota grown! Located just 5 miles west of Morgan, MN on State Hwy. 68 or 12 miles southeast of Redwood Falls, MN, Fieldstone Vineyards is located on the Reding Century farm and is housed in a circa 1930's dairy barn. All fermenting, aging and bottling is done on premise. The winery opens the first full weekend in May and remains open weekends through December.

Gale Woods Farm
Working farm with fun programs & recreational opportunities

Category: Twin Cities Nature in Minnesota

Description of this Twin Cities Attraction: Located on picturesque Whaletail Lake in Minnetrista, Gale Woods is a 410-acre park that features a working educational farm. The farm provides opportunities for visitors of all ages to enjoy experiences that enhance their understanding of agriculture, food production and land stewardship. Seasonal farm activities are the basis for public programs and scheduled group visits. Come out and explore the park on your own, schedule a visit for your group or attend one of the scheduled public programs. At these programs, your family can enjoy hayrides, meet fascinating farm animals, explore orchards, spin sheep's wool, harvest fresh garden produce, and much more. A special "Breakfast on the Farm" event is scheduled for 7:30-10 a.m., Saturday, August 20. This fun event features a farm fresh breakfast using food grown by local farmers. Activities also include sheep-herding demonstrations, hayrides, and barn and garden tours. Gale Woods Farm also offers numerous recreational opportunities. Several miles of hiking trails loop around rolling fields, mature oak and maple-basswood forests, undeveloped lakeshores and beautiful wetlands. Canoe rentals are available so visitors can paddle on Whaletail Lake. A four-season rental picnic pavilion is available for large groups. This distinctive facility overlooks the lake, pastures and gardens of the farm and can hold up to 320 people for a banquet or meeting.

Grand Portage National Monument
National Monument

Category: Grand Portage National Park in Minnesota

Description of this Minnesota Attraction: On a hot sultry day in mid-July 1802, partners of the most successful fur trade company in North America, the North West Company, met in their majestic Great Hall at Grand Portage and voted to move their summer headquarters from the protected shores of Lake Superior’s Grand Portage Bay 50 miles north to the mouth of the Kaministquia River. Almost from the time the vigorous Anglo-Scot Nor’Westers had organized at Grand Portage in the mid 1780’s an emerging United States wanted them out. The July vote would mean that 18 buildings constructed from native squared spruce, pine and birch and over 2,000 cedar pickets surrounding them would be torn down, transported north in company schooners and used in constructing the new Fort William far from U.S. soil. As early as 2,000 years ago, Indian Nations probably used Kitchi Onigaming “the Great Carrying Place” to travel from summer homes on Lake Superior to winter hunting grounds in the interior of Minnesota and Ontario. In 1729 Cree guide Auchagah drew a map for some of the first French fur traders showing them how to reach the "western sea" of Lake Winnipeg. Other Europeans would follow, in time, Grand Portage became the gateway into rich northern fur bearing country connecting remote interior outposts to lucrative international markets. Reopened in 1951 as Grand Portage National Historic Site, designated a National Monument in 1958, its nearly 710 acres lying entirely within the boundaries of Grand Portage Ojibwe Indian Reservation, the reconstructed depot celebrates fur trade and Ojibwe lifeways. Today as yesterday, the people, the cultures and the land have much to share.

Hamden Slough National Wildlife Refuge
Prairie grassland refuge known as birding "hot spot"

Category: Audubon Nature in Minnesota

Description of this Minnesota Attraction: The refuge is one of 8 sites in Minnesota selected as an Important Birding Area (IBA) by the Audubon Society. It is located near the transition zone for 3 major ecosystems: tallgrass prairie, hardwoood forest and pineland. This biological diversity is highly attractive to wildlife, especially migrating birds. Still in development, the refuge attracts 225 species of birds. Refuge restoration has resulted in an explosive growth of uncommon prairie, water and shorebird species.

Heritage Hjemkomst Interpretive Center
Hjemkomst Viking Ship; Stave Church Replica; & more

Category: Moorhead Culture in Minnesota

Description of this Minnesota Attraction: Home of the Hjemkomst Viking Ship that sailed from the US to Norway in 1982. Full-size replica of the Hopperstad Stave Church in Vik, Norway. Exhibit of the histroy of the Red River Valley. Temporary exhibit space featuring regional, national, and international exhibits. Documentary films and guided tours of the Hjemkomst Ship and replica church. Gift Shop.

Heritage Nature Center
Nature Center

Category: Saint Cloud Excursion in Minnesota
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Description of this Minnesota Attraction: Heritage Nature Center offers a variety of activities that will increas your knowledge of nature while having fun. Inside the Center, experience nature hands-on as you explore the Touch & See room filled with displays, animal mounts, and our resident live animals. Outside, discover more than 92 acres of parkland with 3.4 minles of hiking trails through woodland, wetland, prairie areas. Canoes and snowshoes are available for visitors to rent to further their park explorations during appropriate seasons.

Hibbing Historical Society
Experience the fascinating history of "The Town that Moved"

Category: Hibbing Museum in Minnesota

Description of this Minnesota Attraction: The museum contains a number of interesting displays including: · A movie as you enter. This movie gives you a perspective of the time by the people who lived there. This is followed by a program about the rich history of the St. Louis County Fair. · A model of Hibbing as it looked in 1893, when the town was laid out. The population at this time was mainly comprised of loggers and a few miners. · The Topic Islands which use artifacts and pictures to illustrate various themes of life throughout days gone by. · Revolving Displays that will allow the museum to exhibit items from other museums as well as items of local interest. · Logging and mining tools of the past are also on display. · The Hibbing Almanac takes one through time decade by decade. This “timeline” shares some of the important events in Hibbing, as well as globally. · Our “Little House”, helps one to imagine just how all of these buildings were so carefully moved. It also allows a view into a house of yesteryear. · The most celebrated display in the museum is the scale model of North Hibbing as it looked in 1913. This 8’ by 16’ model is accompanied by a ten-minute narration. The narration, with the help of colored lights, tells of the history of this unique town and why it was forced to move.

Hibbing Historical Society & Museum
History of "the Town that Moved"

Category: Hibbing Museum in Minnesota

Description of this Minnesota Attraction: The museum contains a number of interesting displays including: · A movie as you enter. This movie gives you a perspective of the time by the people who lived there. This is followed by a program about the rich history of the St. Louis County Fair. · A model of Hibbing as it looked in 1893, when the town was laid out. The population at this time was mainly comprised of loggers and a few miners. · The Topic Islands which use artifacts and pictures to illustrate various themes of life throughout days gone by. · Revolving Displays that will allow the museum to exhibit items from other museums as well as items of local interest. · Logging and mining tools of the past are also on display. · The Hibbing Almanac takes one through time decade by decade. This “timeline” shares some of the important events in Hibbing, as well as globally. · Our “Little House”, helps one to imagine just how all of these buildings were so carefully moved. It also allows a view into a house of yesteryear. · The most celebrated display in the museum is the scale model of North Hibbing as it looked in 1913. This 8’ by 16’ model is accompanied by a ten-minute narration. The narration, with the help of colored lights, tells of the history of this unique town and why it was forced to move.

Historic Fort Snelling
Living History Museum of 19th century frontier life

Category: St. Paul Historic Site near Twin Cities, Minnesota

Description of this Twin Cities area Attraction: Discover an 1820s military outpost once the focus of a small settlement but now at the center of Minnesota's Twin Cities metropolitan area. A full living history program with costumed guides is presented daily during the summer, and on weekends in May, September and October. In addition, on Mondays and Tuesdays in the summer enjoy a variety of tours guided by the fort's expert staff. This restored stone fortress opens its gates to welcome you to frontier life. Imagine that the year is 1827, and as costumed guides greet you, that you've just arrived via steamboat up the Mississippi River. Enjoy the sights and sounds of the past. Hear musket fire, the cannon's roar and the fife's shrill tunes. Take part in the fort's everyday life. Shoulder a musket, mend clothes, smell the stew, scrape a hide or sing along with the soldiers. Take tea with Mrs. Snelling or sample the soldiers' bread ration. Swing a hammer in the blacksmith shop or barter with the sutler - but remember that his store is the only one for miles around! The Fort's costumed guides demonstrate crafts, present historical skits and practice military drill and weapons firings. Join them in 1827 or explore other areas of the site's long history in the exhibits.

Historic Jordan Walking Tour
Jordan, Minnesota

Category: Jordan Historic Site in Minnesota

Description of this Minnesota Attraction: Discover over a Century of American Heritage in Historic Downtown Jordan, Minnesota. Self guided walking tour. Copies can be printed off the website or pick up a copy at 225 Water Street. Jordan, Minnesota is a hidden jewel, in Scott County, and only 20 miles southwest of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. Jordan, Mn is a small town, steeped in history, but steadily growing toward a thriving future! In historic downtown, as many as 15 of the buildings on Water Street and South Broadway are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. You'll find unique shopping in Jordan. Antique shops, family restaurants, sports bars, world famous Pekarna Meats, beautiful floral supplies, creative art centers, unique gift shops, the Mini Met baseball facility and the historic Nicolin Mansion Bed and Breakfast all within a city block. Shop Jordan Mn!

Historic Murphy's Landing
Living history park

Category: Shakopee Historic Site near Twin Cities, Minnesota

Description of this Twin Cities area Attraction: Located on the scenic Minnesota River, Historic Murphy's Landing depicts Minnesota life as it was during 1840-1890. During a tour, visitors can see more than 40 historical buildings and meet face-to-face with interpreters who portray the folks who might have lived in the Minnesota River Valley during this time period. The interpreters dress in period clothing and speak about their daily lives, fears and aspirations. Visitors can try making crafts or play old-fashioned games.

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