Art: Artists and Craftspeople

• Tricia &: the Toonies "Fun, Interactive Musical Theatre for the WHOLE family!" (Minneapolis)

Art: Theaters and Organizations

• Applause Community Theatre (or Community Theatre of Burnsville) producing two or three shows a year since 1977 (Burnsville)
• Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum "Housed in a striking stainless steel and brick building designed by architect Frank Gehry, ... an educational and friendly museum experience (Minneapolis)
• Guthrie Theater Dedicated "to celebrate, through theatrical performances, the common humanity binding us all together." (Minneapolis)
• Lakeshore Players providing "enrichment opportunities for our community through the performing arts" (White Bear Lake)
• Lex-Ham Community Arts home of the Lex-Ham Community Band and Lex-Ham Community Theater (St. Paul)
• Masquers Theatre "first-rate theatrical entertainment year after year" (Forest Lake)
• Allan Lotsberg's New Fogey Follies "a self-sustaining senior theater company ... performing in leased venues throughout the Twin Cities" (Minneapolis)
• Rosetown Playhouse "Building community is our goal." (Roseville)
• SteppingStone Theatre For Youth Development "dedicated to developing the whole child ... while celebrating diversity in a supportive, noncompetitive environment." (St. Paul)
• The Walker Art Center "a catalyst for the creative expression of artists ... " (Minneapolis) (not to be confused with the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool)

Festivals and Celebrations

• Lake Hiawatha Neighborhood Festival (Lake Hiawatha Regional Park: Minneapolis)
• Minneapolis Aquatennial home of the milk carton boat races and Torchlight Parade (Minneapolis)
• The Park at MOA ™ (Mall of America) at seven acres, the largest indoor amusement park in the USA, Camp Snoopy has a new name (Bloomington)
• Renaissance Festival, Minnesota "Huzzah and Cheers!" (Shakopee)
• Robbinsdale Whiz Bang Days from the community that brought the world "Captain Billy’s Whiz Bang," the first Fawcett Publications magazine (Robbinsdale)
• Saint Paul, Minnesota, Winter Carnival "The Coolest Celebration on Earth" (St. Paul)
• Taste of Minnesota music and "a wide variety of traditional and specialty foods for everyone's taste" (St. Paul)
• Valleyfair rides, live shows, a water park, go-karts, bumper boats, and Colonel John Philips Ohoompapa (Shakopee)
• Winter Bluegrass Weekend presented by the Minnesota Bluegrass and Old-Time Music Association (MBOTMA) (Richmond: west of St. Cloud)

Food and Drink: Breweries & Brew Pubs

• Barley John's Brew Pub seasonal beer on tap (New Brighton)
• Great Waters Brewing Company "Comfortable Atmosphere, Good Food, Lively Conversation, the best beers in Minnesota" (St. Paul)
• Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery brew pub (menu includes Prohibition Pride Rootbeer) (Minneapolis)
• Summit Brewing Company "We only brew what we love to drink. Whatever's left over, we sell." (St. Paul)
• Surly Brewing Company "Good beer is an acquired taste. Go acquire some." (Brooklyn Center)

Food and Drink: Restaurants

• The Historic Anderson House B & B, Inn & Restaurant "gracious dining in the tradition of Pennsylvania Dutch Congeniality" (Wabasha)

Food and Drink: Groceries, Delis & Specialty Foods

• Lund's "your neighborhood market" online (Twin Cities)
• Maus Foods "Your Kind of Store" online (Monticello)
• SimonDelivers (Minneapolis-based, delivers in St. Cloud)

Food and Drink: Restaurants

• Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant "innovative regional Midwestern fare ... go for the food, stay for the music. " (Minneapolis)
• Dinkytowner Café & more (Minneapolis)
• Ichiban Japanese Steak House& Sushi Bar teppanyaki cooking, tempura (Minneapolis)
• Jax Cafe "What Dining Out Was Meant to Be!" (Minneapolis)
• Kabuki Japanese Restaurant with Sushi Bar, Private Dinning Rooms, and Teppanyaki (Eden Prairie)
• Nami dining space, lounge, and sushi bar: won City Pages' Best Japanese Resaturant in the Twin Cities in 2003 (Minneapolis)
• Origami Downtown "the finest Sushi in Minneapolis" plus Traditional Japanese cuisine and "the best Sake selection in town" (Minneapolis)
• Origami West Origami's new location at Ridgedale Mall (Minneapolis)
• Rainbow Chinese Restaurant & Bar "1998 Favorite Chinese Restaurant - Minnesota Monthly" (Minneapolis)
• Sakura Restaurant & Bar: eat-in, , sushi bar, carryout and catered meals (St. Paul)

Food and Drink: Wineries

• Alexis Bailly Vineyard "where the grapes can suffer" (Hastings)
• Northern Vineyards using Elmer Swenson varieties of Edelweiss, St. Pepin, and LaCrosse and St. Croix (Stillwater)
• Saint Croix Vineyards in Post Town: makes "some of Minnesota’s finest wines" (Stillwater)
• WineHaven Winery and Vineyard "in the heart of the beautiful Chisago Lakes Region" (Chisago City)

Movie Theaters

• Andover Cinema (Andover)
• Elk River Theatre (Elk River)
• Lakes & Rivers Cinemas theater chain (based in Minneapolis)
• North Branch Cinema (North Branch)

Places to Shop

• Mall of America (Bloomington)
• Minnesota Historical Society Online Store
• SimonDelivers (Minneapolis-based, delivers in St. Cloud)

Sports and Recreation:
Golf

• Legends Golf Course "A Golf Course of Tradition: Friendly to Nature - Challenging to Golfers" (Prior Lake)
• The Meadows at Mystic Lake designed by Garrett Gill and Paul Miller (Prior Lake)
• Prestwick Golf Club at Wedgewood, "recognized by the National Audubon Society" (Woodbury)
• Ridges at Sand Creek, "will surprise you with its breath taking views and challenging layout" (Jordan)
• Rush Creek Golf Club at Sand Creek, golfing, dining, weddings, and a golf academy (Maple Grove)
• Stonebrooke Golf Club "The Perfect Entertainment Area" (Shakopee)
• The Wilds Golf Club designed by Tom Weiskopf and Jay Morrish (Prior Lake)

Bed and Breakfast

• Ann Bean Mansion "Welcome to our elegant Victorian Bed and Breakfast, located im Historic Stillwater, the birthplace of Minnesota." (Stillwater)
• Aurora Staples Inn "Experience Gracious Living in a Turn of the Century Victorian Inn" (Stillwater)
• The Bird House Inn & Gardens in the Historic James H Clark House an 1858 Victorian Italianate inn near Excelsior Bay of Lake Minnetonka" (Annandale)
• Cottage Bed & Breakfast " . . . perhaps the most superb view in the upper St. Croix River Valley." (Taylors Falls)
• Covington Inn Bed & Breakfast "one of America's few floating bed and breakfasts, buoyed and buffered as it is by the Mississippi River" (St. Paul)
• The Elephant Walk "I love to shop and have been collecting for years to decorate my homes. The Elephant Walk is the culmination of all my travels." (Stillwater)
• High Woods Bed & Breakfast "PEACE AND QUIET… located on over ten wooded acres" (Taylors Falls)
• James A Mulvey Residence Inn "creating tomorrow's memories in the elegance of time past" (Taylors Falls)
• LeBlanc House Bed and Breakfast "This beautifully restored Queen Anne Victorian is located in the historic St. Anthony West neighborhood." (Minneapolis)
• The Old Jail Bed & Breakfast started as a saloon, a cave, and a jail, and opened in 1981 as Minnesota’s first licensed bed & breakfast. (Taylors Falls)
• Rand House "Random" - built by a Minneapolis gas light company owner as a wedding present to his bride - on the National Register of Historic Places (Monticello)
• Rivertown Inn Bed & Breakfast "perched high upon a hill overlooking the picturesque St. Croix River Valley in historic Stillwater" (Stillwater)
• The William Sauntry Mansion "a Victorian inn known for its luxurious accommodations" "Stillwater's only Bed and Breakfast listed on the National Register of Historic Places" (Stillwater)

Museums and Historical

• Bell Museum of Natural History (Twin Cities)
• Dakota City Heritage Village (Farmington)
• Ellingson Car Museum (Rogers)
• Minnehaha Depot (Minneapolis)
• Minnesota Transportation Museum, Inc. in the Minnehaha depot at Minnehahah Park (Minneapolis)
• Minnesota Children's Museum (St. Paul)
• Minnesota Science Museum (St. Paul)
• Minnesota Transportation Museum Osceola & St Croix Valley Railway, Jackson Street Roundhouse, Classic Buses (St. Paul and other areas)
• Minnesota Wing CAF (Commemorative Air Force) a non-profit all-volunteer museum which participates in airshows and civic events (South St. Paul)
• Newport Railroad Club at the historic 1906 Dispatchers Tower (Newport)
• Rogers Car Museum also called the Ellingson Car Museum (Rogers)

Parks, Trails, Gardens and Zoos

• Caponi Art Park and Learning Center (Eagan)
• Como Ordway Memorial Japanese Garden "landscaped in the Sansui mountain-and-water style" (St. Paul)
• Como Zoo and the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory* (*formerly Como Park Conservatory) (St. Paul)
• Luce Line Trail from Plymouth to Cosmos, for bicycling, hiking, running, jogging, walking, horseback riding, and walking the dog (Plymouth)
• Minnesota Zoo "we're dedicated to inspiring people to act on behalf of the environment" (Apple Valley)
• Underwater Adventures®"World's Largest Underground Aquarium!" (Mall of America (Bloomington)

Places to Stay: Resorts

• Historic Afton House Inn and Afton * Hudson Cruise Lines Jacuzzi and fireplace suites, fine dining, burgers, and luxury cruises on the St. Croix River (Afton)
• Welch Village Ski and Snowboard Area (impressive home page: 348K for the Flash banner alone) (Welch)

Media: Magazines

• Fish & Game Magazine (Center City)
• Minneapolis Saint Paul Magazine about shopping, dining, visiting a museum or attending the symphony in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis)
• Minnesota Hockey Journal Magazine "a four-color hockey magazine devoted to bringing you the latest news from the State of Hockey" (Minneapolis)
• Minnesota Monthly "the region’s most widely circulated lifestyle magazine, catering to a well-educated, affluent audience" (Minneapolis)
• Outdoor News: The Sportsman’s Weekly (Plymouth)

Media: Radio and Television Stations

• KSTP Television (St. Paul/Minneapolis)

Medical

• Abbot-Northwestern Hospital (Minneapolis)
• Fairview Southdale Hospital (Edina)
• HealthEast St. John's Hospital (Maplewood)
• Methodist Hospital (Minneapolis)
• North Memorial (Robbinsdale)
• St. Joseph's Hospital (St. Paul)

Colleges and Other Educational Institutions

• Academy College high quality education / career programs since 1936 (Bloomington) (private college)
• Anoka Technical College ATC: "fast | affordable | quality education" (Anoka)
• Anoka-Ramsey Community College "a leading provider of higher education and training ... since 1965" (Cambridge, Coon Rapids)
• Argosy University new name, old tradition (a merger of American Schools of Professional Psychology, the Medical Institute of Minnesota, and the University of Sarasota) (Bloomington) (a private college)
• Art Institutes International Minnesota founded 1964 by Petrena Lowthian of London (Minneapolis) (a private college)
• Augsburg College "the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's (ELCA) most diverse and only urban institution" (Minneapolis) (a private college)
• Bethel University A Baptist institution teaching "within a distinctly evangelical Christian framework" (formerly Bethel College & Seminary) (St. Paul) (private college)
• Brown College ready "to propel you into the job marketplace with confidence and capability." (Mendota Heights) (private college)
• Capella University an accredited university offering online education (Minneapolis) (private college)
• Carleton College home of the Arb, the Bald Spot, and the Athenæum (Northfield) (private college)
• Century College a community and technical college (White Bear Lake)
• College of St. Catherine "St. Kate's" - "the largest and most comprehensive Catholic college for women in the country." (St. Paul) (private college)
• Concordia University "a colorful tapestry of opportunities for creating a community of peace, based on spiritual roots" (St. Paul) (private college)
• Crown College once called St Paul Bible Institute, then St. Paul Bible College, and, since 1992, Crown College (St. Bonifacius) (private college)
• Dakota County Technical College college-level courses for jobs that don't require a baccalaureate degree (Rosemount)
• Dunwoody College of Technology "leading-edge technological education and service to a diverse population" (Minneapolis) (private college)
• Hamline University (St. Paul) (private college)
• Hennepin Technical College (Eden Prairie, Brooklyn Park)
• Herzing College (a private college)
• Inver Hills Community College
• Luther Seminary (St. Paul) (private college)
• Macalester College (St. Paul) (private college)
• McNally Smith College of Music (St. Paul) (private college)
• Metropolitan State University (St. Paul)
• Minneapolis College of Art and Design (private college)
• Minneapolis Community and Technical College
• Normandale Community College (Bloomington)
• North Central University (Minneapolis) (private college)
• North Hennepin Community College (Brooklyn Park)
• Northwestern College (private college) (St. Paul)
• NTI School of CAD Technology (private college) (Eden Prairie)
• Ridgewater College (Hutchinson, Willmar)
• Saint John Vianney Seminary (private college) (St. Paul)
• Saint Paul College (St. Paul)
• University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (Minneapolis)
• University of St. Thomas (private college)
• Walden University (private college) (Minneapolis)
• William Mitchell College of Law (private college) (St. Paul)
• Winona State University (Winona)