Union Depot Holiday Tree Lighting Celebration & Movie Night – St. Paul, MN

Union Depot Holiday Tree Lighting Celebration & Movie Night – St. Paul, MN

by | Nov 26, 2023 | events/locations, evergreen

Join Union Depot for the exciting annual Holiday Tree Lighting Celebration & Movie

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The celebration will begin at 5:00 PM with the reveal of the St. Paul Winter Carnival 2024 Button, live concert by The Mistletones and holiday activities. Enjoy complimentary hot chocolate, photo ops, craft stations and giveaways for kids.
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At 7:00 PM guests will move outside to the North Plaza for the tree lighting celebration followed by a short but thrilling fireworks display and Holiday sing-a-long. Followed at 7:30 PM warm up inside the Waiting Room with Movie Night featuring the holiday favorite, Elf! Concessions will be available for purchase including popcorn! You are encouraged to bring blankets for extra seating. We will have chairs available.
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European Chistmas Market, Union Depot, Saint Paul

Visit the European Christmas Market on the East Plaza while you’re here! Shop for unique, handmade holiday gifts and decorations from local vendors and taste European inspired food.

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Event

Union Depot Holiday Tree Lighting Celebration & Movie Night

Saturday, December 2nd

5:00 PM: St. Paul Winter Carnival 2024 Button Reveal
5:30 PM – Holiday performance by The Mistletones
7:00 PM – Tree lighting ceremony
7:30 PM – Movie night featuring Elf
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This is a free community event open to the public. No tickets are necessary.

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Location

Union Depot
219 Kellogg Blvd East
 St. Paul, MN
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Bentleyville City of Lights Festival, Holiday Helicopter Tours – Duluth, MN

Bentleyville City of Lights Festival, Holiday Helicopter Tours – Duluth, MN

by | Nov 19, 2023 | events/locations

Bentleyville City of Lights Festival, Holiday Helicopter Tours

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The Bentley – 15 Mile Bentleyville Tour

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Guests get to join us for a nighttime helicopter tour where they will fly over the Bentleyville City of Lights Festival, they’ll get a breathtaking view of the Lit up Aerial Lift Bridge, and beautiful downtown Duluth city lights!

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Event

Lake Superior Helicopters

Booking now through Sunday, December 26th, 5:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Schedule

From $119

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Helicopter Tour Gift Certificates

Give the gift of flight with one of our digital gift certificates. Purchase with a specific tour or provide a dollar amount toward the tour of their choice. Upon purchasing, you, or the recipient of your choice, will receive an email confirmation with your code to redeem.

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Location

Lake Superior Helicopters

4525 Airport Approach Road

Duluth, MN

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Duluth MN Ornament for Christmas Tree Decorations City Travel Souvenir 

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Arboretum Gardens Winter Lights Season Opens! – Chaska, MN

Arboretum Gardens Winter Lights Season Opens! – Chaska, MN

by | Nov 12, 2023 | events/locations, evergreen

Photo by Jason Boudreau-Landis
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Stroll through the Arboretum gardens decked out in Winter Lights!

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Arboretum Gardens Winter Lights: Enjoy fresh air as you explore outdoor light displays, highlighting flowers, trees and the beauty of nature, on the one-mile self-guided walking route.

New for 2023 will be a color-changing tunnel, a Winter Village on Scarecrow Hill and a field of sunflowers, all with more lights than ever before! Revisit the 16-foot Weeping Willow in a new space and walk through a giant apple, which pays tribute to the Arboretum’s Horticultural Research Center’s apple breeding, including the Honeycrisp apple. Visitors will also be able to purchase s’mores kits ($7 for 4 s’mores) to roast over an open fire at the S’mores Village.

The Arboretum’s Oswald Visitor Center and Snyder Building will be decorated for the season with a 25-foot Poinsettia Tree and four seasonally decorated, fresh-cut trees. The Poinsettia Tree, created using more than 500 living plants, will display colors of red, white and pink with new hues of gold, orange and green poinsettias. You might also hear holiday tunes from local performers from our live Winter Music Series, offered on select nights.

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Event

Arboretum Gardens Winter Lights

View on select nights Thursday, November 16th through Sunday, December 31st

Calendar/Tickets

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Location

Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

3675 Arboretum Drive
 Chaska, MN
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Edmund Fitzgerald Memorial Beacon Lighting at Split Rock Lighthouse – Two Harbors, MN

Edmund Fitzgerald Memorial Beacon Lighting at Split Rock Lighthouse – Two Harbors, MN

by | Nov 5, 2023 | events/locations

Edmund Fitzgerald Memorial Beacon Lighting

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Split Rock Lighthouse: This annual event commemorates the sinking of the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald and the loss of her 29 crew members on November 10th, 1975. It is also a time to reflect on the memory of all lives lost in Great Lakes shipwrecks.

The lighthouse, fog signal building, and visitor center will be open. Costumed interpreters will greet visitors and provide historic site and shipwreck information. Throughout the afternoon, visitors can view a film about the Edmund Fitzgerald in the visitor center.

At 4:30 pm, the lighthouse will close temporarily while the names of the crew members are read to the tolling of a ship’s bell. Following the ceremony, the beacon will be lit, and the tower will be open again to tour.

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Beacon Lighting

For nearly 60 years, the light flashed each night at 10-second intervals across more than 20 miles of Lake Superior’s navigable waters. Today, U.S. Coast Guard regulations prohibit the light being used for maritime traffic, but the beacon is still turned on occasionally for ceremonial and maintenance purposes.

Learn more about Split Rock Lighthouse State Park

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Edmund Fitzgerald crew members

McSorley, Ernest M., Master
McCarthy, John H., 1st Mate
Pratt, James A., 2nd Mate
​Armagost, Michael E., 3rd Mate
​Holl, George J., Chief Engineer
​Bindon, Edward F., 1st Asst. Engineer
Edwards, Thomas E., 2nd Asst. Engineer
Haskell, Russell G., 2nd Asst. Engineer
​Champeau, Oliver J., 3rd Asst. Engineer
Beetcher, Frederick J., Porter
​Bentsen, Thomas, Oiler
​Borgeson, Thomas D., AB Maint. Man
Church, Nolan F., Porter
​Cundy, Ransom E., Watchman
Hudson, Bruce L., Deckhand

​Kalmon, Allen G., 2nd Cook
​MacLellan, Gordon F., Wiper
Mazes, Joseph W., Spec. Maint. Man
O’Brien, Eugene W., Wheelsman
​Peckol, Karl A., Watchman
​Poviach, John J., Wheelsman
​Rafferty, Robert C., Steward
​Riippa, Paul M., Deckhand
Simmons, John D., Wheelsman
​Spengler, William J., Watchman
Thomas, Mark A., Deckhand
Walton, Ralph G., Oiler
Weiss, David E., Cadet (Deck)
Wilhelm, Blaine H., Oiler

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Event

Edmund Fitzgerald Memorial Beacon Lighting

Thursday, November 10th, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

Tickets included with general admission/MNHS members free

Be sure to bring a flashlight or headlamp as the grounds and trails are unlit.

The weather is unpredictable, please dress accordingly.

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Location

Split Rock Lighthouse
3713 Split Rock Lighthouse Road
Two Harbors, MN
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Edmund Fitzgerald They call Gitche gumee T-Shirt

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Como Conservatory: Fall Flower Show’s Sunken Gardens Opens

Como Conservatory: Fall Flower Show’s Sunken Gardens Opens

by | Oct 29, 2023 | events/locations

While many Minnesota gardens are winding down for the winter season, the Sunken Garden at the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory will be in full bloom! Opened in October for the 108th Annual Fall Flower Show. The first half of the Fall Show’s inspiration this year is drawn from an underwater environment. Usual ‘spider’ and anemone mums in pink and white pastel colors will be accompanied by large and small succulents plants. There will be green sting ray colcassia, pink, purple and white scabiosa plants, and blue echinops.

The Sunken Garden reopens early November for the second half of the Fall Flower Show which will run through November 26th. The second half of the Fall Show will be a celebration of the Dia de los Muertos. Orange and yellow mums will be accented by bright magenta celosia as well as orange marigolds and multicolored osteospermum.

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DNMI: Minnesota’s Zoo Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular Returns for a Fifth Year! – Appley Valley, MN

DNMI: Minnesota’s Zoo Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular Returns for a Fifth Year! – Appley Valley, MN

by | Oct 22, 2023 | events/locations

Minnesota Zoo

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They’re back! Thousands of glowing, carved pumpkins, illuminating the night. Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular has returned for an enchanted fifth year!

Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular is part pumpkin patch and part art installation. From the trees to the ground, guests can marvel at carved pumpkins of all shapes and sizes as they wander through a naturally magical autumn trail at the Minnesota Zoo.

With a brand-new theme that will take you through the beauty of the four seasons and all new designs, discover a rotating selection of expertly carved pumpkins crafted in the likeness of people, places, and animals from around the world.

Voted as Minnesota’s Best Day Trip and Family Attraction, the Minnesota Zoo is a must-see destination this fall, with Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular providing a unique way to connect with nature and celebrate the splendor of autumn nights in Minnesota.

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Event

Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular

Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular is open each night now through November 4th.

Advanced online tickets are required.

Tickets are timed and must be purchased at mnzoo.org.

Adult: $24.00

Child: (3-12yrs)

Senior: (65+) $20.00

During this special evening Zoo event, all activities will be at ground level; access to the Treetop Trail will not be available as part of this year’s Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular. The Treetop Trail will be open during normal, daytime Zoo hours.

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Have you seen the Hot Chocolate and treats available this year at the Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular?

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Location

Minnesota Zoo

13000 Zoo Blvd

Apple Valley, MN 

View map of location

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