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attraCtions Visit Landmark Center! MUSEUMS . EVENTS . CAFE . GIFT SHOP Bellagala LAKE HARRIEt ELF PLAY LIKE A LOCAL CoMo-Harriet street Car 75 West 5th Street, St. Paul, MN 55102 www.landmarkcenter.org |651-292-3225 | Hop aboard this museum on wheels and travel back to the 1900s, learning about the history of the time and the development of the area’s streetcar system. 4200 Queen Avenue S., Minneapolis, 952-922-1096, trollyride.org riCe ParK Located in downtown Saint Paul, this park features a large fountain, Peanuts characters and views of the Saint Paul Hotel, Landmark Center, Ordway and Downtown Library. In the winter the park is transformed into a winter wonderland, filled with lights, a giant Christmas tree and an ice skating rink. 109 Fourth Street W., Saint Paul, 651-632-5111. LaKe Harriet eLF Lake Harriet is home to more than 67 acres of land, miles of trails for walkers, bikers, skaters and runners and one tree elf. Legend has it, if you leave a note by the little door of the elf’s home (he lives in an ash tree by Queen Avenue), the elf will reply. 4135 W. Lake Harriet Parkway, Minneapolis, 612-230-6400, minneapolisparks.org Brewery Tours Winery Tours Food Tours FestiVaLs Minneapolis Saint Paul is home to enough festivals for you to celebrate every season. Join the capital city for the “coolest celebration on earth” during the Saint Paul Winter Carnival (begins in January), commemorate the best days of summer at Minneapolis’ Aquatennial (July), or stuff yourself with food on a stick and send-off summer at the Minnesota State Fair (begins in August). Saint Paul Winter Carnival, 651-223-4700, winter-carnival.com; Minneapolis Aquatennial, 612-376-7669, aquatennial.com; Minnesota State Fair, 651-288-4400, mnstatefair.org Join us on a taste adventure as we see the sites, learn the history and enjoy the best food and drinks the Twin Cities has to offer! MinneHaHa FaLLs www.TasteTwinCities.com 38 | Minneapolis Saint Paul Official Visitors Guide 2013 612.280.4851 On the shores of the Mississippi River is the 193-acre Minnehaha Park, which features limestone bluffs, river overlooks and Minnehaha Falls, a 53-foot urban waterfall and the inspiration behind Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem “Song of Hiawatha.” 4801 Minnehaha Avenue, Minneapolis, 612-230-6400, minneapolisparks.org