Parks & Trails

Twin Cities Regional Parks get more visitors than the Mall of America!

Love living connected to nature with opportunities for outdoor recreation and just plain fun? It is hard to find a metropolitan area more committed to parks and trails than the...
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Grand Ole Creamery… making homemade ice cream since 1984

I confess to being an ice cream snob… fostered by our wonderful, independent, locally owned Twin Cities homemade ice cream shops. When we moved here in 1987 we were elated...
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Staying in the Twin Cities This Weekend? Well, check out the pools!

Remember the city "pools"? They were rectangular concrete holes in the ground. Now, we have beautiful aquatic playgrounds! Sprinklers, chutes, slides, tubing and more! And they are still evolving for...
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25 ideas for your Twin Cities summer fun-do ‘staycation’ list

There are about a million things to do on a 'staycation' in the Twin Cities. According to me, 10 things to explore on a Twin Cities 'staycation' are: (in no...
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Minneapolis Made the Top 10 List of Cities Residents Never Want to Leave

Some people love to head out on vacations, but if you prefer a 'staycation' and are looking for a place to live that is so awesome that you don't have...
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Spring is in the air around Lake Harriet in Linden Hills

Minneapolis was ranked 6th best city for an active lifestyle in 2016 and it is nowhere more evident than around its city lakes. Although Easter was the first full day...
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Minneapolis is known for bicycles and coffee… get them both at Angry Catfish Bicycle Shop + Coffee Bar!

. . . very unique shop called The Angry Catfish. With no apparent connection to its name, this is a bike shop, with a coffee shop (or a coffee shop,...
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North Oaks… unique community that was James J Hill’s farm and country estate

Perhaps one of the most unique suburban communities in the Twin Cities is North Oaks, about 15 minutes north of St. Paul. Both a farm and country estate on land...
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