Explore Minnesota

Fall offers a calendar full of concerts and music festivals, with more events listed as the season draws near.

Indoors and out, this fall will be a stellar season for the arts in Minnesota.

From painters to potters, from workers in stone, steel and colorful fabrics, many Minnesota artists open their studios to visitors in the fall.

Minnesota has a vibrant and diverse array of music venues, from quaint cafes and coffee shops to large, well-established clubs and halls.

Frome wild rice to apples to craft beer, the flavors of fall are both nostalgic and new.

As the days grow shorter and the leaves start to change, another transition is taking place in Minnesota: the arrival of fall beer styles.

Find food and market festivals, grape stomps, wine and beer tastings, beer and winery events, dinner cruises and more.

The Explore Minnesota drinking and eating guide lists and links to more than 1,000 restaurants throughout the state, as well as breweries and wineries.

Here's a sampler of routes for viewing a rainbow of colorful fall foliage in Minnesota, from well-known favorites to lesser-known gems.

Fall festivals offer great family fun.

Each fall, intricate corn mazes crop up at Minnesota farms, wineries, apple orchards, and pumpkin patches, following the centuries-old European maze tradition.

Museums dedicated to history, science, nature and more are scattered throughout Minnesota, offering educational fun for adults and children alike.

Join us as we gear up for Super Bowl 52 with 52 love letters to Minnesota from notable Minnesotans.

This celebration in Shakopee has grown to be the largest Renaissance Festival in the United States with an annual attendance of 300,000.

Celebrating over 30 years of bringing history alive, the Big Island Rendezvous and Festival is one of the largest early American encampments with living history reenactments.

Apple picking, football and pumpkin-flavored everything can only mean one thing: Fall has arrived in Minnesota.