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Things To Do In Minnesota

Friday, November 23, 2012

Top 10 Ways to Entertain Family and Visiting Relatives

Patch goes looking for the best of the bunch.

It’s the day after Thanksgiving, and your house is bursting at the seams with visiting relatives.  You’ve got to get them out and get some fresh air, but where would you go? Good thing the Twin Cities have a ton of great places to enjoy with your family. Christmas in the 1970s exhibit Relive the holidays in the Disco Era with a visit to this new exhibit at the Fridley Historic Center. It  features a boy's bedroom (complete with Farrah Fawcett poster), a living room decked out for Christmas (with a faux-brick fireplace) and more. Free. Saturdays, 11 a.m.–3 p.m.; Tuesdays, 2–4 p.m., through Dec. 18.  The Bakken Museum For the kid who loves to touch everything, there’s Minneapolis’ Bakken Museum. Tucked away in a mansion on Lake Calhoun, the …

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