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MN Field Trips
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items Growing up; my mom was a fourth grade teacher. That meant we had all of Summer vacation dedicated to relaxing, adventuring, sleeping in, and field tripping.
At some point, she started the tradition of “field trips”. She had gotten a book of places to...
Had the mini version of the Runestone until college. Unsure where it went tbh.
Runestone Museum, Alexandria, Minnesota
I fucking love the SPAM museum. My husband brought me back for a surprise date day a few years ago.
SPAM Museum, Austin, Minnesota
I distinctly remember this one because we had to call to have the museum opened AND I believe I got twine ball earnings.
Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota, Darwin, Minnesota
I’ve gone on a tour of the caves twice. Very cool, very chilly, very humid. They’re also a bit spooky.
Niagara Cave in Harmony
I didn’t realize Moorhead had the largest dilly bar. I lived in the FM area for several years and did in fact look forward to when the Moorhead DQ would open.
Historic Moorhead Dairy Queen
I loved the Mill City Museum, this is one of the top few that sticks out in my mind when I think of our field trips.
Mill City Museum | Minnesota Historical Society
I’m not a an art gal. I like to look but it doesn’t hold my attention long enough (probably the raging adhd). This is a fun stop though.
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Interestingly enough, this was probably one of the last field trips we took. A good, small museum.
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My grandparents were big casino folks so several of our field trips were built around a casino day trip/weekend. This is a pretty good one. I think I’d get more out of it now.
Mille Lacs Indian Museum and Trading Post | Minnesota Historical Society
Ah! I actually went to this one with my now husband as a date. We stopped on our way to visit his parents for the first time together. A nostalgic stop.
Fagen Fighters WWII Museum
This one was such a fun one! I have always been one to breeze through a museum and I distinctly remember wishing my grandpa would read faster. I miss him now and wish I had been more patient.
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This was more of an accidental stop! I don’t know why we were in Dassel, but I don’t think this had been our destination. I think it was an unplanned stop on our way home. I was with my mom and grandma in our white Toyota mini van and we marveled at ...
Welcome | Dassel History Cente
Another casino driven stop; but I remember thinking this was fun.
Mille Lacs Indian Museum and Trading Post | Minnesota Historical Society
Not a field trip when I was young, but we have taken our kids and it was excellent!
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Okay, interestingly enough, this was also a field trip and a fun one at that! I know we had lunch and I tried biscotti - my childhood bestie and I called each other biscotti - and found I wasn’t a huge fan.
We also went to another museum afterwards a...
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We went here the same day we did the Stearns County museum. This one is way different. Packed with stuff but much smaller and less “polished” at the time.
Benton County Historical Society
Okay hear me out I know he was problematic. This is a really good museum though. I’ve been many times, though not since adulthood.
Charles Lindbergh House | Minnesota Historical Society
Again, not a field trip, but an adventure I went on with my husband and in laws when I was pregnant with our oldest. Very cool - big fan tbh. We also ran into my husbands piano teacher. Maybe not his, maybe his sisters. I’m fuzzy on the details.
LYON COUNTY MUSEUM - Lyon County Museum
I have absolutely been here and I think Nisswa is such a fun stop!
Nisswa Area Historical Society--Nisswa History Center and Museum