101 Things to do in Minneapolis

1.  Minneapolis Institute of Arts

2. Mill City Museum

3. Bunker Beach

4. Watch a puppet show by In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre

5. Attend the two week long Minnesota Fringe Festival , an arts festival in August

6. Walker Art Center

7. Hear the Minnesota Orchestra play at Orchestra Hall

8. Visit Theodore Wirth park home to the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary

9.  Support the Minneapolis Marathon or Twin Cities Marathon

10. Watch the May Day Parade

11. Watch classical or contemporary plays at the Guthrie Theatre

12. The Weisman Art Museum:

13. View the bird sanctuary or go ice skating at Lake of the Isles

14. Go shopping at the Nicollet Mall

15. Watch the Minnesota Vikings play at the Metrodome

16. Go biking on the Midtown Greenway, a converted railway track

17. Minneapolis Sculpture Garden

18.  Attend a tradeshow or Expo at the Minneapolis Convention Centre

19. Enjoy one of the three public beaches at Cedar Lake

20. Dakota Jazz Club

21. Visit the Bell Museum of Natural History

22. Holidazzle Parade held several evenings between Thanksgiving and Christmas 

23. Play volleyball,  sunbathe on one of the public beaches or rent a canoe or rowboat at Lake Calhoun

24. Museum of Russian Art

25. Watch the Minnesota Twins play at Target Field

Lake Calhoun:

26.  Minnesota Streetcar Museum

27.Hear live music at  Minneapolis Music in the Parks

28. Go swimming, walking, biking, rent a boat or listen to a concert at Lake Harriet

29. Buy local at the Mill City Farmers Market on Saturday mornings

30. Attend the Ten Second Film Festival

31. Go swimming at Lake Nokomis

32. Watch the Art Car Parade

33. Watch a movie under the stars at Loring Park

34. Go kayaking with Above the Falls Sports

35. Watch a performance at the Children's Theatre Company

36. Take a horse drawn carriage ride with the Hitching Company

37. Get a great view of the city from the observation deck on the Foshay Tower, and visit the Foshay Museum

38. You can still play arcade games for a quarter at Rusty Quarters Retro Arcade

39. The Bakken Museum

40. Hennepin History Museum

41. Watch the Aquatennial Parade

42. Visit the American Swedish Institute, a museum founded in 1929 to celebrate Swedish culture

 

43. Museum of Russian Art

44. Go ice skating at The Depot Skating Rink

45. Go bowling at Memory Lanes Bowl or Bryant Lake Bowl

46. Halloween Events: The Haunted Basement at the Soap Factory, take the ghost trolley at the Minnesota Streetcar Museum

47. The Wells Fargo  History Museum 

48. Go for a bike ride with beautiful views on the Grand Rounds Scenic Byway

49. Go golfing at Columbia Golf Course, Francis A Gross Golf Course or Hiawatha Golf Course

50. Watch an original film at the Minneapolis St. Paul Film Festival

51. Watch a production by the Children's Theatre Company

52. Watch the May Day Parade

53. Go indoor rock climbing at Midwest Mountaineering

54. Take a writing, papermaking or publishing class at Open Book, the country's largest literary arts center

55. Watch a live improv and sketch comedy show at the Brave New Workshop

56. Christmas Events: Watch the Minnesota Dance Theatre preform The Nutcracker,

57. Play paintball at Splatball Indoor Field

58. Waterpark at the Depot

59. Northrup King Building

60. Bunker Indoor Golf Center

61. Minnehaha Falls:

 

62. Go cross country skiing at Wirth Winter recreational area, over 15 miles of groomed trails

63. Lake Harriet Kite Festival in January

64. Take an art class at Articulture 

65. Como-Harriet Streetcar Line 

66. Go sledding at Theodore Wirth Park or Columbia Golf Course

67. Watch a show at the Riverview Theatre

68. View the St. Anthony Falls on the Mississippi River

69. The Mary Tyler Moore House

70. Get the therapeutic benefits of The Salt Cave

71. Go shopping at Calhoun Square

72. Minneapolis City Hall

73. John H. Stevens House Museum

74. Take a pottery class with Fired Up Studios

75. See the Witch's Hat Water Tower Located at Tower Hill Park

76. View the amazing architecture of the Basilica of St. Mary, free tours are available and attend their annual block party held in July

77. Attend the Monarch Festival in September

78. Winterfest 

79. Kids or adults can sign up for a sports league like football, soccer, volleyball, hockey of baseball

80. Take yoga or dance classes at the Midtown Global Market

81. Take a guided tour of Minneapolis Courthouse

82. Attend the No Coast. Raft-o-Rama, a large craft fair held in December at the Midtown Global Market

83. Minneapolis Underground Film Festival

84. Take a tour of the Mississippi River aboard the Minneapolis Queen

85. Watch a movie at Riverview Theatre

86. Enjoy great music, wine and food at the Minneapolis Greek Festival

87. Check out a book while appreciating the architecture at Minneapolis Central Library

88. Take a cooking class with Kitchen in the Market or Kitchen Window

 

89. Attend the Autumn Daze Festival in September at the St. Helena Catholic School with kids rides, games, food and music

 

90. Go fishing or get a view of the skyline from Boom Island Park

 

91. Take a short drive over to St. Paul to go to the Minnesota Fai

 

92. St. Anthony Locks and Dam

 

93. See the Model Railroad exhibit at Hennepin Overland Railway Historical Society

 

 94. Go swimming or for a walk on the trails at Cedar Lake

 

95. Ard Godfrey House

 

96. Gold Medal Park

 

97. Firefighters Hall and Museum

 

98. Attend Minneapolis Red White and Boom! along the downtown riverfront and featuring food, entertainment, live music and of course fireworks

 

99. Go snowshoeing around the Chain if Lakes

 

100.  Have a drink at First Avenue, the setting for the film Purple Rain

 

101. View the upcoming list: 101 Things to do in St. Paul