Minnesota is home to the third-largest nutcracker museum in the world. Located in small-town Luverne, MN, the Rock County History Center showcases more than 5,000 nutcrackers. And this nutcracker museum collection is on display year-round.
Minnesota is home to the third-largest nutcracker museum in the world. Located in small-town Luverne, MN, the Rock County History Center showcases more than 5,000 nutcrackers. And this nutcracker museum collection is on display year-round.
A local’s guide to the best holiday festivals and Christmas events in the Twin Cities – Minneapolis and St. Paul. From a million Christmas lights at GLOW Holiday Festival to the iconic Holidazzle in Minneapolis to the live performance of A Christmas Carol at the Guthrie Theater. Updated for 2023
A travel blogger shares her top places to visit and things to do in London after a three-week workcation in England. Pick and choose from the best things to do to create a perfect London itinerary.
A guide to the top things to do in Oxford, England whether it’s a day trip from London or if you plan to stay a week. Check out Oxford’s best museums, tours, attractions, most scenic sights, gardens, towers, and Harry Potter filming locations.
Go back in time 1,000 years ago and take this guided tour of the medieval Oxford Castle & Prison. It’s the best day trip from London and one of the top things to do in Oxford.
A guide to Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes, England – one of the best day trips from London. This historical site was home to World War II codebreakers who worked in complete secrecy while providing crucial military intelligence that broke the Enigma Machine, shortened the war, and saved lives.
A guide to the most scenic and historic day trips from London. The top destinations include the idyllic villages in the Cotswolds, the dramatic white chalk cliffs and green valleys of South Downs along the English Channel, including Beachy Head and The Seven Sisters, the elegant Windsor Castle, Oxford, and historic Bletchley Park.
Beaver Creek Valley State Park in Caledonia, Minn. offers easy to moderate hikes for spectacular views of trees, streams, valleys, and bluffs. And is located in a geological area known as the Blufflands Landscape Region and Driftless Area (meaning that it was untouched by most recent glaciers). When the glaciers melted, however, the torrential water created beautiful ravines, gorges, and valleys.
Knocking on the door of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Bear Head Lake State Park in Minnesota features 4,000 acres, a beautiful 675-acre lake with a beach and lots of fishing, easy to moderate hikes, towering pine trees dating back to the late 1800s, and rocky landscapes.
A local’s guide to the best kid-friendly sunflower field in the Twin Cities: Joyer Adventure Farm in Lino Lakes, Minnesota. Take a hayride to the sunflower fields, pick your own sunflowers and enjoy the ropes course, sandbox, big slide, pedal trike races, a maze, barnyard of animals, and more.