Originally Posted by
JBord
Minneapolis also has some excellent restaurants if you like that sort of thing.
.....and craft breweries.
I'd add the Russian art museum to the list, plus the Stone Arch Bridge, the Mill City Museum, and the Guthrie (go for the architecture and include a performance if there's a play that interests you). The UMn campus has a Frank Gehrig building on the river that's an art museum. Some people would want to visit the Prince home/studio (expensive and you should book in advance), maybe the new Vikings training center.....and there's a museum (the Bakken, connected to the founders of Medtronic) devoted to electricity. Others want to see the Mary Tyler Moore statue and two zoos (plus the aquarium in MOA).
Depending on dates, you might enjoy events such as the Aquatennial, Spark stay out all night weekend (not sure of the official name), restaurant week, special times that historic houses are open, nights at the Minnesota Zoo, etc.