Minnesota Monthly

10/03/2025

Your fall personality is calling: Outdoor Explorer, Cozy Creative, Culinary Nomad, or Small-Town Seeker. 🍂 Tap the link to pick your path!

From scenic shoreline hikes and cozy cabins to cheese tastings and yarn shops, we’ve rounded up four different ways to embrace the season. Choose your fall personality—outdoor explorer, cozy creative, culinary nomad, or small-town seeker—and let the leaves lead the way. Your autumn adventure s...

10/02/2025

Discover fall colors, river views, and stunning trails in Inver Grove Heights—just minutes from the Twin Cities.

🔗 Plan your visit: visitigh.com

📸: Visit Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota

Inver Grove Heights is one of the most popular family weekend destinations near the Twin Cities, filled with various activities, shops, restaurants, ...

10/01/2025

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Did you know 1 in 8 women in the U.S. will be diagnosed in her lifetime? But there’s hope—early detection saves lives, and today more than 4 million survivors live in the U.S. 💗 Tap the link to explore facts and free resources.

This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we’ve gathered trusted resources, facts, and stories to empower you—whether you’re learning about prevention, navigating a diagnosis, supporting a loved one, or finding your way forward as a survivor.

10/01/2025

It's the first day of October, which means Spooky Season is officially here! 🎃👻🦇

While we love haunted houses and horror movies, sometimes the spookiest sights are those rooted in real-life legends. To help you get in the spirit, we rounded up some of Minnesota's haunted hot spots to check out this season.

Tap the link below to read the full list—if you dare. ☠️

https://shorturl.at/VS0ss

✍️: Megan Cornell
📸: Visit Saint Paul

10/01/2025

Autumn is one of the best times to explore the Twin Cities Gateway region!

🌅 Get weekend itinerary inspiration: bit.ly/48aVd8y

📸: Twin Cities Gateway

09/30/2025

After launching its Uptown location in 2018, BRIM is bringing its gluten-free, plant-forward goodies to Edina starting this week. ✨️🍽️

Opening its doors on Thursday, the new location on West 66th Street will feature brunch, lunch, and dinner options that are entirely free of gluten and seed oils, and rooted in locally sourced, organic ingredients. Plus, try craft coffee beverages, grab-and-go options, warm family meals for dine-in or takeout, and more.

Tap here to read more about Brim's expansion: https://shorturl.at/A8Cnf

📸: Ashley Sullivan

09/30/2025

Just a quick drive across the river, Discover Hudson WI! The riverside town comes alive with blazing fall colors, perfect for waterfall hikes, paired with charming shops and local eats.

Read the 12 Weeks of Fall series: minnesotamonthly.com/sponsored/12-weeks-of-fall/an-autumn-escape-to-remember/

📸: Sobottka Photography

09/29/2025

Expect laughter. Stay for the heart. Expect "The Addams Family" at the Ordway to deliver both—plus a fresh take on Morticia you’ve never seen before. The show runs Sept. 30-Oct. 5. 🖤

Read our Q&A with actress Renee Kathleen Koher for a peek behind the curtain: https://shorturl.at/8lQxA

📸: Sarah Smith, NWCC

09/29/2025

Dreaming of an autumn escape? From paddleboarding and pontoon rides to leaf-crunching hikes, family farms, and harvest-season sips, there is no shortage of fall fun in Alexandria.

🍂🍁 Read more and start planning:

Fall in Alexandria is anything but sleepy. Just two hours from the Twin Cities, it's the perfect Autumn escape.

09/26/2025

“People who love to eat are always the best people.” Julia Child believed mistakes were proof you were learning—and her perseverance, authenticity, and love of food made her an American original. Discover her story in "Julia Child: A Recipe for Life," opening Sept. 27 at the Minnesota History Center.

Running through May 31, 2026, Minnesota History Center's “Julia Child: A Recipe for Life” is a traveling, immersive exhibition invites visitors to step into the world of the woman who made America fall in love with French cooking—and with cooking itself.

09/26/2025

🍁 Visit Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota and experience fall fun with family-friendly trails, indoor waterpark adventures, and spooky thrills at Nowhere Entertainment. 🍂

Experience fall fun in Inver Grove Heights with family-friendly trails, indoor waterpark adventures, and spooky thrills

09/26/2025

For her first show in the state of Minnesota on Sept. 19, Ethel Cain delivered—and then some. 🎙️⁠
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Following the August release of her latest album, “Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You,” the singer-songwriter's tour stop at St. Paul's Palace Theatre was a soulful, evocative performance that closely mirrored her studio sound; it felt truly authentic to who she is as an artist, performer, and storyteller.⁠
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Tap here to read our full review of the show: https://shorturl.at/OuBF8
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✍️, 📸: Amanda Christensen