Time for the whole family to get active! Friday evening youth triathlon ages 5-14 with a pool swim and a closed course bike and run. On Saturday a sprint triathlon featuring Fairmont's beautiful lakes, plus the Bacon Run 5K run/walk!
The White Bear Lake Area Historical Society is bringing back Escape Rooms for 2024! Form your teams of 6-10 to find a way to escape one of two room options – Escape from Alcatraz or The Speakeasy. Rooms are booked for 1-hour time slots. Tickets: $25 per person, minimum of 6 participants.
Witness the paranormal on a Haunted Trolley as you visit the most ghostly locations in Minneapolis. The Candlelight Ghost Tour concludes with a tour through a downtown Haunted Mansion. This remarkable Trolley Ghost Tour occurs every Saturday night. Minneapolis Trolley Tours also offers less spooky tours, like Breakfast Tours, Narrated Scenic Tours, and Food and Wine Tours. All tours start and end at the Historic 300 Clifton Mansion Bed and Breakfast
By popular demand, the 2024 Bicycling Around Minnesota (BAM) 4-day tour will return to northeastern Minnesota’s scenic Iron Range – an area rich in mining history with its scenic vistas, vast red pits of old iron ore mines now filled with emerald green water, friendly communities, rugged north woods scenery, lakes and rivers, and the undulating Mesabi Trail, a premier bicycle trail winding through some of the most scenic parts of the state.
Art Leap is an annual fall driving tour of Park Rapids and Heartland Lakes area artists' studios and cultural destinations. Hop from studio to studio, learn process, appreciate skill and support the artists. Let fall's natural beauty inspire you as it does the artists while you pass spectacular lakes and travel country roads.
Join Emily and Kelley of the Wining About Herstory podcast, Saturday, March 9th from 10am to noon at the History Center to celebrate Women's History Month! Light refreshments provided for this family-friendly event. FREE with paid HCOC admission. HCOC members are FREE!
“a virtuosic tour de force” – L.A. Times Guitar virtuoso Stanley Jordan has consistently displayed a chameleonic musical persona of openness, imagination, versatility and maverick daring. Be it bold reinventions of classical masterpieces or soulful explorations through pop-rock hits, Jordan can always be counted on to take listeners on breathless journeys into the unexpected.
The equinox marks the beginning of the Spring season, so the Bell is celebrating with solar telescopes! Join us in the Learning Landscape as we observe our closest star and learn why the amount of daylight we see changes throughout the year.
Solar Observing is an in-person event at the Bell Museum and is included in the cost of regular admission.
Recommended for all ages
Plants are already a major part of our food system, but how do we adapt them to our changing needs? Join University of Minnesota plant genetics researchers to explore the science behind the crops we eat. Investigate bright red plants used in genetics studies, learn about the quest to grow table grapes in Minnesota, and take home a plant breeding project of your own!
