Places

Lake swimming across the metro — guarded sand beaches, mapped.

Free water play for hot afternoons, every one in the metro.

Outdoor and indoor pools, zero-depth entries, and waterslides.

The destination playgrounds worth the drive.

The parks worth crossing town for — trails, grills, and open space.

Outdoor and indoor rinks, warming houses, and open skate.

The metro's sledding hills, from gentle to steep.

Public golf across the metro — municipal, daily-fee, and par-3, mapped.

Where to find the metro's growers and makers each week.

Off-leash dog parks across the metro — fenced runs and open romps, mapped.

Public disc golf across the metro — free park courses and pay-to-play tracks, mapped.

Interpretive nature centers across the metro — trails, exhibits, and naturalist programs, mapped.

Botanical gardens and conservatories across the metro — glass houses, rose gardens, and the Arboretum, mapped.

The metro's downhill ski, snowboard, and snow-tubing hills — lifts, terrain parks, tubing runs, and rentals, mapped.

The metro's museums — art, science, history, and the wonderfully specific, mapped.

Pick-your-own apple orchards and pumpkin patches across the metro — a fall tradition, mapped.

Indoor play spaces and play cafés across the metro — climbing structures, ball pits, and toddler zones for cold and rainy days, mapped.

Indoor trampoline parks, ninja gyms, and rock-climbing walls across the metro — jump, climb, and burn off winter, mapped.

The metro's concert halls, clubs, theaters, and arenas — each with its full upcoming schedule.