Friends. The Twin Cities isn’t boring. You just don’t know what to do. That is why I’m here to help you out. Whether you’re into nature, sports of all types, or eating your way through a city this list is just for you.
Please note that the Twin Cities consist of Minneapolis and St. Paul. However, people often refer to the surrounding suburbs as the “greater Twin Cities” or “metro area”.
Although most of the things mentioned are not free, they are for the most part appropriate for people of all ages. It doesn’t matter if you’re showing your friend, situationship or visiting solo I gotchu.
It’s like they always say,
Only boring people get bored.
This can serve as a guide on what to do, but it’s really more of a love letter to my hometown. (The only love letter I’ll ever write.) There are so many things on this list that I haven’t personally done, but are on my to-do list. The Twin Cities has so much to offer besides several feet of snow every winter.
Twin Cities
Art Museums
eg. The Walker, MIA
Gutherie Theater
Lake Bde Maka Ska
Activities include: canoeing, swimming & windsurfing, with adjacent parks & trails for biking, skating and more
Webber Natural Swimming Pool
Axe Throwing at Bad Axe
UpDown
Can Can Wonderland
Alternative Gyms
Lululemon Studio in MOA, Expertease (RIP), etc.
Bell Museum
Como Zoo and Conservatory
Secret Beach (Cedar Lake East Beach)
Apple Picking
Orchard Hill Apple Orchard, Jacobson’s Pine Tree Apple Orchard, etc.
See A Game
Check out the US Bank Stadium (football), Target Center (basketball), Xcel Energy Center (hockey), and Twins Stadium (baseball)
Go To A Concert
Harriet Island or literally any of the hundreds of parks/walking trails
North Metro
Corn Maze
Top Golf
East Metro
Alpine Factory
Sea Quest
South Metro
Mall of America (+Kraaash, Sea Life, Nickeoledoan, Mini Golf, Climb Zone, Wink World, etc.)
Valleyfair
West Metro
Punch Bowl Social
Winter $tuff
Ski Resorts
eg. Trollhaugen, Wild Mountain, Buck Hill, Hyland Hills
Minnehaha Falls
Go see Ice Castles (New Brighton)
Glow Holiday festival (St. Paul)
Miscellaneous Food
World Street Kitchen & Milkjam
Angelfood Bakery
Eat in a train car at Mikey’s Diner
Betty Danger
…then walk it off all the way to Psycho Suzy’s and vice versa
MN Nice Cream: for the lactose intolerant
Conny’s: for those who dgaf about their lactose intolerance
Holy Land
Hans’ Bakery – eat a whole Texas-sized donut
Revival
James Beard award winning restaurants
Not Quite Twin Cities
Duluth
Carlson’s Lovable Llamas
Victoria Burrow
Palisade Head