Oct 01 2008
Places
2008: Now the kids are 7, 5, 4, and 2. We don’t always need the stroller any more, but I’ll still try to keep an eye out for stroller accessibility and changing tables.
- Aerial Lift Bridge, Duluth, MN
- American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, MN
- Blue Bunny Ice Cream Capital of the World, Le Mars, IA
- Bongards Cow, Bongards, MN
- Capitol City, near Kandiyohi, MN
- Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
- Children’s Museum at Yunker Farm, Fargo, ND
- Civic Fest, Minneapolis, MN
- Declaration of Independence at the Minnesota History Center, St. Paul, MN
- ECFE Vehicle Fair, New Ulm, MN
- The “Edge” Resort and Waterpark, Duluth, MN
- Excelsior Library, Excelsior, MN
- Excelsior Museum, Excelsior, MN
- Excelsior Streetcar, Excelsior, MN
- Farmall Promenade, Nemaha, IA
- Farmamerica, Waseca, MN
- Farmfest, Gilfillan, MN
- “Field Trip” to Pizza Hut
- Firefighters Hall and Museum, Minneapolis, MN
- Flandrau State Park, New Ulm, MN
- Fort Pipestone, Pipestone, MN
- Fort Ridgely State Park, Fairfax, MN
- Fort Snelling World War II Day, St. Paul, MN
- Frank Lloyd Wright Gas Station, Cloquet, MN
- Gale Woods Farm, Minnetrista, MN
- Gaylord Public Library, Gaylord, MN
- Geocaching, Southern Minnesota
- German Park, New Ulm, MN
- Glacial Ridge Bike Trail, Willmar, MN
- Glockenspiel, New Ulm, MN
- Golden Gate, near Sleepy Eye, MN
- Gooseberry Falls State Park, near Two Harbors, MN
- Green Lake Bike Trail, Spicer, MN
- Greyhound Museum, Hibbing, MN
- Harkin Store, New Ulm, MN
- Heritage Hjemkomst Center, Moorhead, MN
- Hermann Heights Park, New Ulm, MN
- Hermann Monument, New Ulm, MN
- Hiawatha “Light Rail” Train Line, Minneapolis, MN
- Historic Forestville, Preston, MN
- Holmberg Orchard, Vesta, MN
- Hometown Baseball Game, Our Hometown, MN
- Hull-Rust-Mahoning Mine Overlook, Hibbing, MN
- Jeffers Petroglyphs, near Comfrey, MN
- “Jewel Box” Bank, Owatonna, MN
- Junior Olympics, Sleepy Eye, MN
- Kings Pointe Resort, Storm Lake, IA
- Kirby Science Discovery Center, Sioux Falls, SD
- Lake Superior Marine Museum, Duluth, MN
- LeSueur Pioner Power Show, LeSueur, MN
- Luce Line Bike Trail, Hutchinson, MN
- Mall of America, Bloomington, MN
- Mankato Public Library, Mankato, MN
- Mill City Museum, Minneapolis, MN
- Mineral Springs Park, Owatonna, MN
- Mineview in the Sky, Virginia/Eveleth, MN
- Minnesota Children’s Museum, St. Paul, MN
- Minnesota History Center, St. Paul, MN
- Minnesota State Capitol “History Matters” Day, St. Paul, MN
- Minnesota Statehood Day at the State Capitol, St. Paul, MN
- Morgan Public Library and Dennis Warner concert, Morgan, MN
- Mystery Cave, Preston, MN
- Pipestone National Monument, Pipestone, MN
- Putting Green, New Ulm, MN
- New Ulm Public Library and Jill Kalz “Farmer Cap” book reading and signing, New Ulm, MN
- Schell’s Brewery, New Ulm, MN
- Science Station, Cedar Rapids, IA
- Sibley State Park, New London, MN
- Skyline Parkway, Duluth, MN
- Spam Museum, Austin, MN
- Splash-Tacular Indoor Water Park, Best Western Ramkota, Sioux Falls, SD
- Split Rock Lighthouse, near Silver Bay, MN
- Springfield Public Library, Springfield, MN
- St. Paul Saints Baseball Game, St. Paul, MN
- “State School” Museum, Owatonna, MN
- Sunset Shores Resort, New London, MN
- Tostenson Farm, Norseland, MN
- Tri-State Marker, MN/IA/SD
- Underwater Adventures, Bloomington, MN
- US Hockey Hall of Fame, Eveleth, MN
- Village of Yesteryear, Owatonna, MN
- Wells Fargo Museum, Minneapolis, MN
- The Works Technology Discovery Center, Edina, MN
- World’s Largest Hockey Stick, Eveleth, MN
2006/2007: Places we’ve been with four children age 6 and under:
1. Alexander Ramsey House, St. Paul, MN
2. Amaze-n Farmyard, Eden Valley, MN
3. Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
4. Assiniboine Park Zoo, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
5. Bakken Museum, Minneapolis, MN
6. Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad, Boone, IA
7. Boone County Historical Society, Boone, IA
8. Brown County Historical Society Museum, New Ulm, MN
9. Cabela’s, Owatonna, MN
10. Charles A. Lindbergh House, Little Falls, MN
11. Chicago History Museum, Chicago, IL
12. Children’s Discovery Museum, Grand Rapids, MN
13. Como Zoo, St. Paul, MN
14. Deardorff Orchard, Waconia, MN
15. Dows Depot & Welcome Center, Dows, IA
16. Duluth Children’s Museum, Duluth, MN
17. DuPage Children’s Museum, Naperville, IL
18. The Edge Waterpark and Resort, Duluth, MN
19. End-o-Line Railroad Park and Museum, Currie, MN
20. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, MN
21. Forest History Center, Grand Rapids, MN
22. Fort Ridgely Historic Site, Fairfax, MN
23. Graue Mill, Oak Brook, IL
24. Great Lakes Aquarium, Duluth, MN
25. Great Plains Zoo and Delbridge Museum, Sioux Falls, SD
26. Harkin Store Historic Site, New Ulm, MN
27. Headwaters Science Center, Bemidji, MN
28. Historic Fort Snelling, St. Paul, MN
29. Historic Murphy’s Landing, Shakopee, MN
30. Holmberg Orchard, Vesta, MN
31. Ironworld Discovery Center, Chisholm, MN
32. Jackson Street Roundhouse, St. Paul, MN
33. Kirby Science Discovery Center, Sioux Falls, SD
34. LaCrosse Children’s Museum, LaCrosse, WI
35. Laura Ingalls Wilder Dugout Site, Walnut Grove, MN
36. Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, IL
37. Living History Farms, Urbana, IA
38. Lower Fort Garry, Selkirk, MB, Canada
39. Lower Sioux Agency Historic Site, Morton, MN
40. Mall of America, Bloomington, MN
41. Manitoba Children’s Museum, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
42. Mill City Museum, Minneapolis, MN
43. Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
44. Minnesota Children’s Museum, St. Paul, MN
45. Minnesota History Center, St. Paul, MN
46. Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Chanhassen, MN
47. Minnesota State Capitol, St. Paul, MN
48. Minnesota Streetcar Museum, Minneapolis, MN
49. Minnesota Zoo, Apple Valley, MN
50. Museum of Man and Nature, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
51. Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL
52. Northwoods Children’s Museum, Eagle River, WI
53. Notebaert Nature Center, Chicago, IL
54. Oliver Kelley Farm, Elk River, MN
55. Schell’s Brewery Gardens, New Ulm, MN
56. Science Center of Iowa, Des Moines, IA
57. Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
58. Sears Tower, Chicago, IL
59. Sertoma Butterfly House, Sioux Falls, SD
60. Sibley House Historic Site, Mendota, MN
61. Sod House on the Prairie, Sanborn, MN
62. Spam Museum, Austin, MN
63. St. Paul Central Library, St. Paul, MN
64. St. Paul Skyways, Downtown St. Paul, MN
65. Stearns History Museum, St. Cloud, MN
66. The Depot, Duluth, MN
67. Traverse des Sioux Historic Site, St. Peter, MN
68. Twin City Model Railroad Museum, St. Paul, MN
69. Valleyfair, Shakopee, MN
70. Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
71. Western Canada Aviation Museum, Winnipeg, MB, CA
72. Wilder Museum, Walnut Grove, MN





