Summer (lifetime) Bucket List: Things to do around the Twin Cities with your children.
*UPDATE 7/22/13 – Feeling like the summer is getting away from us again. I feel the need to cross a few more things on our list. Time to grab my calendar and plan a few outings!! What is your favorite outing in the St Paul/Minneapolis area??
Summer is here and again, we hope to cross off a few more things on our Twin Cities Bucket List. We decided to blog our list to share with our readers. We will add new things to our list as we discover them. This is a partial list and more items will be added over the next few days. It is amazing the things that are right in your own backyard that you never take the time to explore!
Please share your favorite places and activities that should be added to our bucket list. It will be fun to slowly cross items off our list.
Our Summer Bucket List – Things To Check Out Around the Twin Cities – a work in progress
Aamodt’s Apple Farm – Stillwater – www.aamodtsapplefarm.com – Free
Alexander Ramsey House – St Paul – www.mnhs.org/places/sites/arh – Admission
American Swedish Institute – Minneapolis – www.americanswedishinst.org – Admission
Arboretum – Chanhassen – www.arboretum.umn.edu – Admission
Ard Godfrey House – Minneapolis – http://www.womansclub.org/club/scripts/section/section.asp?NS=AGH
Bakken Library & Museum of Electricity In Life – Minneapolis – www.thebakken.org – Admission
Battle Creek Waterworks Family Aquatic Center – Maplewood – http://www.co.ramsey.mn.us/parks/waterpark/index.htm – Admission
Bell Museum of Natural History – Minneapolis – www.bellmuseum.org – Admission
Children’s Museum – St Paul – www.mcm.org – Admission
The Children’s Theatre Company – Minneapolis – www.childrenstheatre.org – Admission
Circus Juventas – St Paul – www.circusjuventas.org -Admission
Clinfton E. French Regional Park – Plymouth – www.threeriversparks.org
Como Park’s Conservatory – St Paul – www.comozooconservatory.org – Suggested Donation
Como Park Zoo – St Paul – www.comozooconservatory.org/zoo – Free
Como Planetarium in Como Elementary School – St Paul – www.planetarium.spps.org – Admission
Como Town Amusement Park – St Paul – Tickets for Rides
Dodge Nature Center – W St Paul – www.dodgenaturecenter.org – Free
Edinborough Park in Edina – Edina – www.edinboroughpark.com – Admission
Eidem Homestead -Brooklyn Park Historical Farm – www.brooklynpark.org/government/recreation/farminfo/farmuse.html – Admission
Eloise Butler Wild Flower Garden & Bird Sanctuary -Theodore Wirth Park -Minneapolis – www.minneapolisparks.com – Free
Excelsior Street Car Line – MN Streetcar Museum – Excelsior – www.trolleyride.org – Admission
Farmer’s Market of St Paul – www.stpaulfarmersmarket.com – Free
Firefighters Hall and Museum – Minneapolis – www.firehallmusuem.org – Admission
Fort Snelling – St Paul – www.mnhs.org/fortsnelling – Admission
Fort Snelling State Park – St Paul – www.dnr.state.mn.us – State Park Admission Required
Foshay Tower Observation Deck – Minneapolis – Admission
Gibbs Museum – Falcon Heights – www.rchs.com – Admission
Governor’s Residence Tour – St Paul – www.admin.state.mn.us/buildings/residence/public_tours.html – Free
Great Clips Imax Theatre (MN Zoo) – Apple Valley – www.imax.com/minnesota – Admission
Harriet Alexander Nature Center – Roseville – www.roseville.mn.us/parks – Free
Harriet Island Regional Park – St Paul – www.ci.stpaul.mn.us/parks – Free
In the Heart Of The Beast Puppet & ask Theatre – Minneapolis – www.hobt.org – Donation
Higland Park Water Tower – St Paul – www.stpaul.gov – watch city website for dates the tower is open to the public. (once in July and once is October)
Hmongtown Marketplace – St Paul – www.hmongtownmarketplace.com
History Theatre – St Paul – www.historytheatre.com – Tickets
Indian Mounds Park – St Paul – www.stpaul.gov/depts/parks/userguide/indianmounds.html – Free
Insect Collection – U of MN St Paul – www.entomology.umn.edu/museum – Requires advance tour arrangements – Free
Jackson Street Roundhouse – MN Transportation Museum – St Paul – www.trainride.org – Admission
James J Hill House – St Paul – www.mnhs.org/places/sites/jjhh/index.html – Admission
Johnathan Padelford Packet Boat – Harriet Island – www.riverrides.com – Tickets
Lady Elegant’s Tea Room – St Paul – www.ladyelegantstea.com –
Lake Harriet “Old 1300” Trolley – Minneapolis – www.trolleyride.org – Purchase Tokens
The Landing (Formally called Hisotric Murphy’s Landing) – Shakopee –http://www.threeriversparks.org/parks/the-landing.aspx – Admission
Landmark Center – St Paul – www.landmarkcenter.org (self guided tour books available)
Lego Imagination Center – MOA-Bloomington
Maplewood Nature Center -Maplewood – www.ci.maplewood.mn.us – Free
Midtown Global Market – Minneapolis – www.medtownglobalmarket.org
Mill City Museum – Minneapolis – www.millcitymuseum.org – Admission
Minnapolis Institute of Arts – Minneapolis – www.artsmia.org – Free
Minneapolis Sculpture Garden – Minneapolis – www.walkerart.org – Free
Minehaha Depot – Minnehaha Park – Minneapolis – www.mtmuseum.org – Free
Minnehaha Falls & Park – Minneapolis – Free
Minnesota Air Guard Museum – St Paul – www.mnangmusuem.org
Minnesota History Center – St Paul – www.mnhs.org/historycenter – Admission (9 Nights of Music)
Minnesota State Capitol Building Tour – www.mnhs.org/places/sites/msc – purchase the Art Treasures in the MN State Capitol brochure and use it as a scavenger hunt activity.
Minnesota State Fair – St Paul – www.mnstatefair.org
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge – Bloomington – www.fws.gov/midwest/minnesotavalley – Free
Mississippi River Vistor Center and Walking Tour -St Paul – www.nps.gov/miss
MIssissippi Gorge Regional Park – St Paul – www.nps.gov/miss
Omnitheater – Science Museum – St Paul – www.smm.org – Admission
Orchestra Hall – Minneapolis – www.minnesotaorchestra.org/aim
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts – St Paul – www.ordway.org
Pavek Museum of Broadcasting – St Louis Park – www.museumofbroadcasting.com – Admission
Pine Tree Apple Orchard – White Bear Lake – www.pinetreeappleorchard.com – Free
The Red Balloon Bookshop – St Paul – www.redballoonbookshop.com
St Paul Saints Baseball – St Paul – www.saintsbaseball.com
Science Museum of Minnesota – St Paul – www.smm.org
Sibley House Historical Site – Mendota – www.mnhs.org
Springbrook Nature Center – Fridley – www.springbrooknaturecenter.org
Stages Theatre Company – Hopkins – www.stagestheatre.org
Steppingstone Theatre – St Paul – www.steppingstonetheatre.org
John Stevens House Museum – Minneaplis – Minnehaha Falls park – www.johnstevenshouse.org
Tamarack Nature Center – White Bear Lake – www.co.ramsey.mn.us/parks/tamarack
Three Rivers Park District – Play Area at Hyland Lake Park Reserve (Chutes and Ladders) – www.threeriversparkdistrict.org
Thunder Soccer Team – St Paul – www.mnthunder.com
Touch & See Room (Bell Museum of Natural History) – Minneapolis – www.bellmuseum.org/touchandsee.html
Trains at Bandana Square – (Model Train Museum) St Paul – www.tcmrm.org
Twins Baseball – Minneapolis – www.twinsbaseball.com
Valleyfair Family Amusement Park – Shakopee – www.valleyfair.com
Walker Art Center – Minneapolis – http://learn.walkerart.org
Wild Rumpus (book for young readers) – Minneapolis – www.wildrumpusbooks.com
Wood Lake Nature Center – Richfield – www.co.richfield.mn.us
Youth Performance Company – Minneapolis – www.youthperformanceco.com
The Zoo – MN Zoo – Apple Valley – www.mnzoo.org