Indoor Playgrounds & Play Cafés

A St. Paul play café on St. Clair with no entry fee — a play kitchen, a magnatile wall, climbing 'picklers,' and a slide, plus coffee and snacks for the parents. Also runs classes and camps.

A south Minneapolis coffeehouse built around one of the bigger toddler playrooms of its kind — playhouse, train table, and play kitchen, with no separate play fee. Coffee for the grownups; open mornings into the evening.

The indoor Northwoods climber at Edinborough Park — a 30-foot oak-tree climb and giant slides inside a one-acre glass park, with a gated area for ages four and under. Day, ten-visit, and annual passes.

A three-story indoor structure in Golden Valley with zones split for ages two to five and six to twelve. $7 a child, $6 for residents; socks required, $2 if you forget them.

A 36-foot quadruple-wave slide and a 23-foot web tower at the New Brighton Community Center, for ages twelve and under with a toddler area for the under-threes. $9 a child, adults free.

A 25,000-square-foot play barn in Eagan — jumping pillow, ninja course, and indoor soccer, self-supervised with no staff at the door. Bring your own food; there's a picnic area. Open 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.

A self-supervised play space in Mounds View open 364 days a year, with separate infant, toddler, and general zones. A day pass is $13.25 a child, and up to two adults come free.

The Plymouth sister to the Mounds View play space, same self-supervised setup and separate infant and toddler zones. A day pass runs $13.25 a child, up to two adults free.

A 28-foot tower with a spiral slide, rock wall, and accessible ramps inside Plymouth's community center, built in 2024, for ages two to twelve. $8 a child, $6 for Plymouth residents.

Climbing, slides and soft play for ages 1 to 12. $19.90 a child gets two adults in free; open to 10pm Friday through Sunday, which is later than most.

The north-metro Kids Empire, same shape as Bloomington's: $19.90 a child with two adults included, open daily and late at weekends.

Seventy-plus play elements themed to the St. Croix River valley at Woodbury's Central Park, with a toddler area for five and under. $8 a child; socks required for everyone, adults included.

A two-story jungle treehouse with four slides at the Maple Grove Community Center, plus a separate toddler section for ages three and under. $6.50 a visit, under-ones free.

A space-themed, climb-up rocket ship at the Eagan Community Center for ages two to twelve. $8 a child, with adults and the under-eighteen-months free; a ten-punch pass runs $70. Seasonal hours.

A jungle-themed three-level climber in Lakeville for ages 0 to 12, with a separate soft zone for the under-threes. Socks required and sold on-site; no café, but there's room to eat. Open daily.