Visit the Lakes at Minneapolis

There may be lots of parks where you are from, but nothing beats the view of a beautiful clear blue lake, surrounded by untouched greenery. Every year, throngs of bus charter visitors flock to Minneapolis to visit its many beautiful lakes and parks for picnics, outdoor activities, or just to relax and have a fun time with their family and friends.

The lakes at Minneapolis that you should not miss are:

• Cedar Lake
• Lake of the Isles
• Lake Calhoun
• Lake Harriet

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Affordable Food Joints in Minneapolis

Planning a trip to Minneapolis but not too sure where can you have awesome meals that comes in an affordable price tag? Well, if you visit Minneapolis in a charter bus, you can be sure to find many food joints that will not kill your wallet.

Travail Kitchen is one of those places where the food is great and the price is ok. Located in Robbinsdale, Minnesota, this place does not take reservations and there are no waiters. However, the team of 14 or more chefs provide entertainment for its diners. They also change their menus every week.

Another diner to visit is Victory 44 where the chef, Erick Harcey cooks everything on his American menu by himself, and this place also doubles up as a college bar. The menu is written on the chalkboard and ranges from bacon fries up to special short-rib dumpling. You can head here for food at any time of the day as this place serves its customers all day. A must try is Victory 44’s exquisite Eggs Benedict 2.0, made from poached eggs, melted leeks and mustard hollandaise.

At Haute Dish, their specialty would be the TaterTot Haute Dish which a unique casserole dish that features glazes, braised short ribs topped with giant, cheesy homemade Tater Tots crusted with potato flakes and instead of traditional canned mushroom soup, this dish is served with porcini béchamel sauce. This place looks swanky with red leather booths and low lighting, just like your typical 1950s diner.

If you prefer something freshly baked from the oven, you should head over to Rustica, where owners Steven and Barbara Horton line their shelves with Sicilian olive-studded bread, French country bread “miche” and their special meringue and buttercream layered cake “dacquoise”. Don’t forget to head there especially on Thursdays to sample their levain bread filled with toasted sesame seeds, or on Sundays where their special is a special Spanish inspired bread with a sugary glaze called cañadas de azucar.

For a modern North African menu, do stop by Mediterranean Saffron Restaurant and Lounge where chef Sameh Wadi modifies your classic dishes in a whole new way. Classic such as the hummus is not served traditionally, but instead enriched with caramelised paprika butter.

Another twist in a traditional menu is done by The Bachelor Farmer, where they give traditional Scandinavian menu a little modernization. Owned by Eric and Andrew Dayton, there are also bread specialty dishes and a must try would be the delicious grilled, marinated cucumber salad with smoked trout.

The Bakken Museum

When it comes to planning holidays with the family, it does not take much to make the children happy, excited and looking forward to family trips. All you need to do is charter a Minneapolis bus and take them to visit the Bakken Museum and they will be having a blast there with all the fun things that they will get to do. The Bakken Museum is a place that allows visitors to explore and learn about the history, impact and applications of electricity in our lives.

Do give yourself and your family at least a few hours at the Bakken Museum. We are quite sure that once you arrive here with your family in the Minneapolis charter bus, your kids would be raring to go and not willing to leave. Hence, giving them a few hours to stay in the museum and totally enjoying themselves and trying out everything that they can lay their hands on would give them satisfaction and by the time you are ready to go, they would be more than willing to leave – without complaining. In case you didn’t already know, the museum was created by Earl Bakken who is the founder of Medtronics, as well as the inventor of the first portable pacemaker.

Inside the Bakken Museum, your kids will get to have fun with all the interactive displays and exhibits while on the outside of the museum, you will find it surrounded with four breathtaking gardens – the Florence Bakken Medicinal Garden, Green Energy Art Garden, Dakota Native Plants Garden and Healthy Heart Organic Garden. Each of the gardens is special and unique and in order to be able to appreciate the beauty and uniqueness of the gardens, you have to be there in person to see it and “feel” it. As you tour the museum, you will also find that they display “inventions” and “creations” that were made by the local youths, which is an excellent display because it gives the younger generation an opportunity to allow their imaginations become a reality with their inventions. From a laser light display box to a jewelry container that has a lock as well as a lie detector, the exhibits may even give your own kids some awesome ideas to try out when they get home and create something of their own too. Don’t forget to stop by their museum gift store before you go home – they have some really interesting items like the Sundrop earrings (we’ve been told that they are made out of recycle glass, sterling silver and sunshine) and magnetic board game for sale.

Children’s Theatre Company, Minneapolis

Sometimes, the best things in life are not so complicated. For children, they literally see “play” in everything that catches their eyes and their attention. Musical movies, dramas are some of their favorites too – especially if it is filled with colorful costumes and props. And that is exactly what you can expect when you bring your kids with you to the Children’s Theatre Company at 2400 Third Ave S, Minneapolis. Fun, colorful and exuberant are just some of the words that we can use to describe this unique theatre! And if you are looking for a different and unique travel experience with your kids, this is just the place to go – but, make the trip even more memorable by adding on to the fun of the trip with a Minneapolis charter bus!

Even though you may think that the productions at the Children’s Theatre Company are most likely suitable for kids – you’ll be in for a surprise when you are there. Many parents who have brought their kids here thinking that the productions would only captivate the attention of the younger ones, would always walk out of the theatre amazed that they themselves have enjoyed the shows just as much as their kids, if not more. One thing about their productions that deserves to be applauded and praised is the jokes that are part of their shows are rather classy and absolutely suitable for the eyes and ears of children.

Almost as soon as the casts enter the stage, you will feel as though you have been taken into a different world – a world where some of your biggest and most wondrous dreams are coming true. Well, that is, if you have always dreamed of being on stage where the actors are and playing one of your most loved characters. Even if you have never had such dreams, you will not be disappointed with the quality of the acting, costumes and props that they use. This is definitely one place that Minneapolis bus charter companies would recommend tourists or visitors to Minneapolis to visit – especially if they have the time to do so. They have different productions and shows running at different times of the year, so be sure to check their website for more details before you plan your trip here with your kids. “Charlotte’s Web”, “Cinderella”, “Shrek the Musical”, “The Wong Kids in The Secret of the Chupacabra Go!” are some of the shows to be expected in the near future.

The Magnificent Foshay Tower

If an overview of downtown Minneapolis is what you are looking for, then there is no better place in the whole of downtown Minneapolis to head to but the Foshay Tower. Although after some major renovation and reconstruction to the building it has now been named W Minneapolis, many visitors, including some of our Minneapolis bus charter customers, continue to refer to this lovely landmark by its old name...some names are just meant to stay. Maybe some generations and decades later, the new name would stick. 

At one time, Foshay Tower remains to be the only looming skyscraper in Minneapolis, a lonesome sight that it gave off. With so many other new, lofty buildings having made their way to the heart of downtown metropolis Minneapolis, it now greets new charter bus visitors warmly and welcomingly as they cruise by in their rented Minneapolis charter bus, coach charter, mini bus, school bus or luxury vehicles. 

Foshay Tower was, unbeknownst to most people, modeled after the Washington Monument. The tower was initially designed and completed in 1929 and measures right up to more than four hundred and forty seven feet high and this is without counting the antenna which extends the height of the tower right up to more than six hundred feet above the ground. Make no mistake about it but the tower has been listed as one of the most treasured landmark of the country in the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Visiting the Foshay Tower when Minneapolis charter bus visitors are here for the very first time makes sense because, just like all other first-time visitors, a bird’s eye view of the city that you are visiting will put everything, the city landscape, the people and the places, into proper perspective. At the top of this landmark tower is a small museum which will further educate first-time visitors about the many different places, culture, lifestyle, and history of the city. Some customers have come to understand a whole lot more after looking at the different, interesting artifacts in the museum and it helped them during their Minneapolis charter bus rental trip. 

For some, the building may just be a historical place. To others and visitors, it is a looming sight. But for one man, Wilbur Foshay, it was the art student and businessman’s lifelong dream. As he lived and went on to make an incredible amount of money from his investments and work at the three utility empires that he built over his lifetime, Foshay Tower, a landmark named after him, remains close to his heart.

Rusty Quarters, Gaming The 80’s Way

Rusty Quarters is not pretentious about being a hip and happening place in Minneapolis. It does not try to oversell itself nor do they try to be something that they are not...hence, the name. It is merely an entertainment outlet with loads of games, throngs of kids in an amazingly friendly neighborhood. A place that you would want to bring your kids and teens to during your bus charter Minneapolis weekend getaway with your family and friends.

There is, quite literally, video arcades everywhere your eye can see. And during peak hours, the arcade is simply teeming with excited kids so much so that the noise level can send parents running out from the entertainment outlet. But that is what makes kids tick, you see. This is their personal haven of friendly Mario Brothers matches with close friends. This is where the local kids beg their parents to drop them off at after school or during weekends. And of course, in an arcade like this is where they make new friends, form new allies and find new foes. Games, just got serious, folks.

Parents, we are sure this will bring back some fond memories from the eighties, we were sure that places like Rusty Quarters is gone for good. Video game arcades were hip at the pinnacle of the eighties era and you can’t help but feel nostalgia creeping up on you.

Rusty Quarters is well worth a bus charter Minneapolis pitstop simply because places like this is like a whole different world. Everyone who is in the arcade is living their own game and is immersed in their own battle...and that is what is so amazing about places like this...it is always bustling with something in some corner within the outlet.

The arcade features some of the world’s most famous arcade games from the 70s to the 90s and introducing them all to this generation of kids. One would have thought that in the world of iPads and touchscreens, arcade games will ring no bell whatsoever with the young Gen Y children? Nope. This is most definitely not the case here in Rusty Quarters and when you bring your bus charter Minneapolis group of travelers here, you can see and experience it all for yourself.

You will be surprised with how enthusiastic the kids look forward to actually play the games face-to-face with people they know AND don’t know.

With the wide ranging number of games there are, Rusty Quarters most definitely makes for the perfect birthday bash venue for children of all ages. This entertainment outlet rents out the place for special bus charter Minneapolis events so, please do check the opening hours and rates on their website for more information.

Minnesota Museums

Minnesota’s museums have moved away from that stuffy image that museums used to have, where they were places only meant for snobs and school field trips. Minnesota’s museums today are fun filled, exciting places for all ages, and easily visited with a charter bus, coach bus, party bus, mini bus, passenger coach or school bus chartered from Bus Charter Minneapolis. Visit Minnesota’s museums in style and comfort as your reliable, friendly charter bus driver takes you and your group where you need to go.
The Science Museum of Minnesota, founded in 1907, is located on the banks of the Mississippi River in downtown St. Paul, and easily reached by charter bus. The Science Museum's programs combine research and collection facilities, a public science education center, extensive teacher education and school outreach programs, and an Imax Convertible Dome Omnitheater to provide science education to their audience of more than a million people per year, including charter bus visitors. The Science Museum of Minnesota is known for its interactive exhibits, dynamic exhibitions, and internationally distributed large format films. The museum was an early innovator in the use of live theater as a humanizing interpretive tool and continues to be a training ground for other museums wishing to include live programming in their exhibit halls.
For the kids, and the kid in all of us, take your charter bus and head down to the Minnesota Children’s Museum. Moving away from the traditional philosophy of having “do not touch” signs on exhibits, the Minnesota Children’s Museum is dedicated to providing children with a fun, hands-on and stimulating environment to explore and discover. Three of the most popular exhibits are Habitot where babies and toddlers can safely explore, climb and crawl, the Crane, which in the World Works gallery and the Maze, which is a giant anthill. The crane and giant anthill are part of larger exhibits where children can enter the muskrat lodge and pretend to be a busy beaver, crawl under the 500-gallon aquarium, challenge your balancing skills at the bouldering wall, come face-to-face with turtles, make waves at the wild water table or turn a gooey mess into paper art.
Take a charter bus trip to The Landing, and step back in time to see what life was like for people who lived in the Minnesota River Valley 150 years ago. A recreation of 19th-century life in Minnesota, The Landing is a park open for tours, educational events, group events and weddings. This 88-acre living history museum depicts life in the Lower Minnesota River Valley from the 1840s to 1890s with authentic 19th-century buildings, demonstrations and a scenic river trail and overlook. Costumed interpreters and authentic buildings help recreate a time when settlers were establishing farmsteads and villages on the frontier. Charter bus visitors are encouraged to participate in daily activities and occupations in The Landing, making this a fun and educational time for all interested in America’s early history of frontier settlement.
For a fun filled, exciting time in Minnesota, give Bus Charter Minneapolis a call to find out how they help with their fleet of charter buses and friendly, personalized service.