Top 10 Ways to Show Off Twin Cities

Updated: March 12, 2009

From the Mall of America to the Victorian architecture of Summit Avenue, impress out-of-town guests with a truly local experience in Twin Cities.

On this page:More Spots to Impress, The Top 10.

More Spots to Impress

  1. 1 3.5 Star Rating: Average Basil's Restaurant
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    710 Marquette Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55402 (map)

The Top 10

  1. 2 Midway Stadium
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    1771 Energy Park Dr, St Paul, MN 55108 (map)

    Sure you've seen the Twins, but check out a Saints game at this rugged ballpark.

  2. 3 Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum
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    333 E River Rd, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (map)

    View this architectural icon from afar by driving across the bridge from the Metrodome toward campus.

  3. 4 TeenSpa/ Day Spa II
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    12700 Nicollet Ave S, Burnsville, MN 55425 (map)

    Check out one of the nation's first day spas dedicated to teens and tweens.

  4. 5 4.5 Star Rating: Recommended Palsley Park Studios
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    7801 Audubon Pkwy, Chanhassen, MN 55317 (map)

    Check out Prince's funky recording digs at his hometown studio.

  5. 6 3.5 Star Rating: Average Brit's Pub
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    1110 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55403 (map)

    Grab your guests and some pints for some barefoot lawn bowling on the spacious rooftop lawn in downtown Minneapolis.

  6. 7 4.5 Star Rating: Recommended Nye's Polonaise Room
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    112 E Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55414 (map)

    Polka dancing and piano-bar singing entertain all generations at this one-of-a-kind, bygone-era bar.

  7. 8 4 Star Rating: Recommended Aveda Institute - Minneapolis
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    400 Central Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414 (map)

    With an Aveda school in TC's own backyard, it's easy and affordable to pamper friends with student services.

  8. 9 3.5 Star Rating: Average Bryant-Lake Bowl
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    810 W Lake St, Minneapolis, MN 55408 (map)

    Show off the "set" of locally filmed movies like "Beautiful Girls" at this Uptown institution.

  9. 10 4 Star Rating: Recommended Gondola On St Croix
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    425 E Nelson St, Stillwater, MN 55082 (map)

    Romantic gondola rides are a little slice of Venice, right in the quaint village of Stillwater.

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