Delight in the spring colors of the tulips and daffodils on
parade at the Minnesota Landscape
Arboretum.
3675 Arboretum Drive, Chaska arboretum. umn. edu
Paisley Park, Prince’ s private estate and production compound in Chanhassen; offers fans of the late music icon the unprecedented opportunity to tour the legendary, 65,000-squarefoot complex that served as the center of Prince’ s creative universe. Guided tours take visitors throughout the extensive main floor of Paisley Park, including the studios where Prince recorded, produced and mixed most of his biggest hits, exhibit spaces that chronicle films such as Purple Rain and Graffiti Bridge, Prince’ s private NPG Music Club, and a massive soundstage and concert hall where Prince rehearsed for concert tours and held exclusive, private events and concerts. The tour also features thousands of artifacts from Prince’ s personal archives, including iconic concert wardrobe, awards, musical instruments and concert memorabilia. 7801 Audubon Road, Chanhassen OfficialPaisleyPark. com
Tie your running shoes and gear up for any of the several area runs like Vallyfair’ s
Run & Ride Race Series, the Renaissance Festival’ s Bloomers & Tights 5K or the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum’ s Bud Break
5K.
Run and Ride Race Series: runandriderace. com
Bloomers and Tights 5K: renaissancefest. com / royalrace
Bud Break 5K: arboretum. umn. edu / budbreak
Explore the area’ s agri-tourism by picking your own produce, meeting the sheep and cows on a farm, taking a bluebird walk, visiting a children’ s garden or taking a hayride. Explore the sights and sounds of
spring at the Wells Fargo Family
Farm where there’ s nothing cuter than baby chicks, piglets, lambs, calves, goat kids, and bunnies.
Minnesota Zoo 13000 Zoo Blvd, Apple Valley mnzoo. org www. VisitShakopee. org 7