Parks & Trails

Pop-up Art in Ice… as long as weather allows

Dying to get out of the house for an outdoor adventure? Minneapolis Institute of Art partnered with the Minneapolis Park Board to create a pop-up art display in ice for...
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Get out and walk at Westwood Hills Nature Center

Looking for places to get outside this winter? Many Twin Cities communities have nature centers where you can get out and enjoy nature in your own neighborhood. One of my...
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Three Rivers Park District… 240 miles hiking trails, 80 miles cross-country ski trails

Minneapolis boasts one of the top park systems in the country, including The Grand Rounds with about 50 miles of trails encircling the city. But the metro area park system...
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St. Anthony Parkway… highest point of Grand Rounds, dividing Audubon Park and Waite Park

When the independent Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board was created in 1883, they hired landscape architect Horace Cleveland to create a blueprint for a Minneapolis park system providing public access...
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Golden Valley’s best-kept secret walking path

Surprise! You’ve probably driven by this beautiful area many times, but many people don’t know the General Mills Nature Preserve exists. I probably wouldn’t know about were it not for...
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Lyndale Park – Peace Garden and Roberts Bird Sanctuary

It is amazing how often we spent time around Lake Harriet and even drove down Roseway Road admiring the gardens and fountains… totally oblivious to the fact that across the...
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Fredrick-Miller Spring… free spring water for more than 100 years

Our family remembers filling jugs of water at the Fredrick-Miller Spring to fill our aquarium when we lived in Eden Prairie over 20 years ago. After meeting family at Staring...
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Wheelock Parkway… an enigmatic throughway in St Paul

As a young adult from “small city” North Dakota, Minneapolis/St Paul was a fascinating, exotic place. My wife and I often explored the fascinations of the “Cities”, like landmarks, parkways...
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