Kid-Friendly Fun

Saint Paul is a family friendly town where kidapproved activities will bring smiles to your face and theirs — and life-long memories will be made too.

Look

Keep your eyes open for Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus and Lucy. Statues that honor Saint Paul native and “Peanuts” author Charles Schulz can be found all around town.

Ride

Take an hour-and-a-half Padelford Riverboat Cruise on the mighty Mississippi. Watch for bald eagles, herons, egrets and falcons as you drift past historic locations on this narrated ride.

Bring Fido

We love your dog as much as you do. Let Fido run free at one of our seven dog parks. You’ll also find patios, restaurants and retailers who love your pup at VisitSaintPaul.com.

Roar

See all the wild creatures at the Como Park Zoo & Conservatory — one of the last free zoos in the United States with a mission to inspire us to value the presence of living things in our lives.

Get Sporty

Take in a game or two. There’s Minnesota Wild hockey at Xcel Energy Center, Minnesota United soccer at Allianz Field, St. Paul Saints baseball at CHS Field, or the Minnesota Wind Chill pro Ultimate Disc team at Sea Foam Stadium. Plus the Minnesota Roller Derby at The Legendary Roy Wilkins Auditorium. Go Minnesota!

Play

Kid-powered spaces in the Minnesota Children’s Museum will have the whole family playing the day away on a climber with a spiral slide, the laser maze, car wash, ball launchers, maker space or pretend town.

Get in a game of mini-golf or skee ball, down a milkshake and a burger, take in weekly entertainment events at Can Can Wonderland — a whimsical, artist-created arcade space in an old American Can Company factory.

Explore

Science Museum of Minnesota is all about turning on the science for everyone. There are hands-on exhibits to try, dinosaurs to marvel at and the Omnitheater with its breathtaking giant screen films. Events this year will include Science is All of Us Days, Omnifest Movie Festival and Science Celebration 2023.

Discover

The Bell Museum is Minnesota’s natural history museum and has a woolly mammoth! And a digital planetarium, high-tech exhibits and wildlife dioramas to spark the imagination.