Entrance to all 75 Minnesota state parks and recreation areas is free today.
There's a parade of breeds daily at noon, free horse, pony and carriage rides and a rodeo Friday and Saturday evenings and Sunday afternoon, plus twice-daily performances of the Cirque Ma'Ceo under the big top. At Canterbury Park.
See 70 films and a silent-film showcase. There's a red-carpet awards show Saturday.
Watch more than 200 films from around the globe, based at the 1927 Oriental Theatre on the East Side.
Take a spring drive through southeast Minnesota and northeast Iowa and visit artists in and around Winona, Lanesboro, Spring Grove and Harmony in Minnesota and Decorah in Iowa.
This festival at Carpenter Nature Center includes bird-banding demonstrations, a raptor presentation, a youth birding competition and guided birding trips.
This festival at the fairgrounds features maple syrup in a breakfast, a baking contest, a cooking demonstration and crafts plus music, children's activities and door prizes.
In Ulysses S. Grant's hometown, living-history reenacters hold an encampment along the river and stage Civil War battle reenactments at 11:30 a.m. Saturday and 1:30 p.m. Sunday.
Sample cheese, meats and more than 200 craft beers and 45 wines at the Oktoberfest grounds.
Admission is free at all Historical Society sites, including the Minnesota History Center, James J. Hill House and Historic Fort Snelling in St. Paul, Mill City Museum in Minneapolis, the Snake River Fur Post in Pine City and Split Rock Lighthouse.
Musicians, artists and writers perform and read at southside venues for this Day Party.
On the eastern shore of Lake Michigan, the eight towns between Michiana and Sawyer hold artist demonstrations, workshops and gallery receptions.
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