ATTRACTIONS

Amusements

• Camp Snoopy
  5000 Center Court • Bloomington, MN 55425
  Inside the Mall of America
  952-883-8600
  This seven acre indoor theme park features over thirty rides, attractions, shops, and restaurants that are surrounded by picturesque streams, fountains, ponds, trees, and plants. more...  map

• Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge
  3815 80th Street • Bloomington, MN 55425
  952-854-5900
  The visitor centre of the refuge features interactive exhibits, multi-image slideshows, an art gallery, an environmental bookshop, an overlook, and trails; habitats that are explored include prairies, wetlands, bottomland forests, and other woodlands.  map

• Underwater Adventures
  120 Mall of America • Bloomington, MN 55425
  Mall of America
  952-888-3483, 888-DIVETIME
  Located in the Mall of America, this attraction features a three-hundred-foot tunnel with a moving walkway that simulates scuba diving; also featured are sharks, stingrays, and giant sea turtles. more...

Museums & Galleries

• Bloomington Art Center
  10206 Penn Avenue • Bloomington, MN 55431
  952-563-4777
  This community art centre offers three galleries that feature the work of emerging professional artists from the five state area.  map

• Bloomington Historical Museum
  10200 Penn Avenue • Bloomington, MN 55431
  Located in an 1892 town hall, this museum features displays, exhibits and artifacts that have to do with the history of the region.  map

Parks, Gardens & Zoos

• Normandale Japanese Garden
  9700 France Avenue • Bloomington, MN 55431
  952-487-8145
  This two-acre strolling garden features a pond, a lagoon, bridges, hand-carved lanterns, islands, a waterfall, and carefully manicured trees and shrubs that are maintained in an authentic Japanese traditional style.  map