The Farm welcomes you to join us for this spring-time family tradition! Farm Babies is back for an up-close look at farm life in Minnesota. Celebrate the season with animals, farm demonstrations, and more.
What’s New? Your favorite spring tradition is back with exciting new elements. Gather friends and family and come visit the newly renovated Wells Fargo Family Farm. Explore the new Tractor Trail and learn about conservation efforts at Pollinator Park. Animals, farm demonstrations, games, music, and interactive exhibits await!
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Visit Clydesdale draft horses, Frank and Ritchie, and say hello to the animal moms-to-be!
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DOMNIU Farm Animals Figures Toys & Kids Sound Book
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Created by the State of Minnesota, the Minnesota Zoo opened in 1978 with a mission to connect people, animals, and the natural world to save wildlife. Cutting-edge exhibits provide exciting experiences with animals and their habitats introducing guests to species from around the globe. Education programs engage audiences at the Zoo, throughout the region, and around world. Conservation programs protect endangered species and preserve critical ecosystems. Learn more about the Minnesota Zoo—our mission, leadership, and history.
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Tettegouche State Park Visitor’s Center
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Join peregrine falcon researcher, Jackie Fallon, and her live birds for an up-close look at a peregrine falcon and other falcon species. Learn about the wildly successful recovery program that brought these amazing predators back from the brink of extinction. Make sure to bring a camera!
Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival
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The Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival (MSPIFF) returns Thursday, April 13th through Thursday, April 27th, 2023 to present another spectacular showcase of over 200 buzzworthy films from both skilled veteran and emerging filmmakers from around the world, plus a full array of exciting parties, special tributes, and secret screenings.
MSPIFF42 will kick off Thursday, April 13th, 2023 at The Main Cinema with Director Bill Pohlad’s new film, DREAMIN’ WILD, starring Casey Affleck, Zooey Deschanel and Beau Bridges, followed by a spectacular Opening Night Party.
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Link here for the complete line-up of films in MSPIFF42.
Twin City Model Railroad Museum
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The Model Circus Trains Are Back! See our popular O-Scale train (over 60’ long) which consists of animal cars, passenger cars, and special circus flat cars, each loaded with hand-made special circus wagons plus a Parade thru “Hamline” and wagon unloading show on the “big” layout.
Additional layouts will each feature Circus trains and / or displays in their own scale. This event is inspired by Circus World Museum in Baraboo Wisconsin.
Co-sponsors: Ring 80 of Circus Model Builders.
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Circus trains began in the 1870s, by replacing the shows that moved by slow animal-drawn wagons. Over the years these trains grew in length as the train cars switched from wood to steel construction. Circus trains typically consisted of three types of cars: large animal cars, flat cars loaded with colorful wagons and passenger cars for the workers and performers. They were usually found in the train in that order. Circus cars were generally longer than normal freight cars because the railroads charged by the car & mile. They were painted very colorful to attract attention. The greatest number of circus trains operated between 1920 and 1950. Over those years many merged and others went broke.
Our O-Scale train was inspired by the “Circus World Museum” in Baraboo, Wisconsin. The museum has a very large collection of train cars, wagons, events, and other circus collections for you to see. Our train features models of many of these wagons faithfully modeled in O-Scale. O-Scale works out to 1 to 48 and ¼” equals 1 foot.
Our Circus Train reenacts this operation on our large O-scale layout with an operating Circus Train, several displays and a Parade staged in one of our towns.
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The Twin City Model Railroad Club/Museum: St Paul Minnesota
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Check out the Circus Trains during all open hours in April!
Admission: Admission to this special exhibit is included in the Museum’s normal weekend admission price of $8 per person, children 4 and under are admitted free of charge.
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Here in Minnesota, most of us are familiar with the Canada goose migration every spring and fall. These noisy birds fly over our state every spring, taking up residence in ponds and lakes before it is time to head south once again. But there’s another famous migration that takes place in Minnesota every year. It’s much quieter, but just as beautiful. Millions of monarch butterflies are headed straight for Minnesota this spring.
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Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration
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Have you ever spotted a monarch in Minnesota? While these butterflies still arrive by the millions, their numbers are dwindling. For more information about the insects, check out the DNR monarch butterfly page. And for information about attracting the butterflies to your yard, check out their butterfly garden page.
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Sunnyside Gardens: Minnesota’s Monthly Gardening Guide – Minneapolis, MN
