{"id":38,"date":"2017-08-04T13:17:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T13:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/2017\/08\/04\/the-sculpture-gardens-of-minneapolis"},"modified":"2017-09-09T12:21:09","modified_gmt":"2017-09-09T18:21:09","slug":"the-sculpture-gardens-of-minneapolis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=38","title":{"rendered":"The sculpture gardens of Minneapolis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:right;\">If you find yourself in the downtown area of Minneapolis with some free time to kill, might I suggest making your way to the <a href=\"https:\/\/walkerart.org\/visit\/garden\">Sculpture Gardens<\/a>. You may just be pleasantly surprised with what you find, and the money that you&#8217;ll save (it&#8217;s free).<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/c7ae8-img_0306.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/c7ae8-img_0306.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:right;\">Minneapolis has a bike rental system like most metropolis&#8217;s where you can get super cheap transportation. Two dollars later I&#8217;m riding through downtown over to the park. The clouds almost seem touchable up here in the North land as they pass over the rising steeples of the Lutheran churches.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ef1b3-img_0302.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ef1b3-img_0302.jpg?resize=640%2C456&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"456\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:right;\">I find a bike docking station and make my way to the park. I&#8217;m met with a giant colored giraffe and the quintessentially iconic\u00a0Spoonbridge and Cherry.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/66ef2-img_0331.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/66ef2-img_0331.jpg?resize=640%2C456&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"456\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:right;\">The art is quirky, fun and thought provoking all rolled into one artistic burrito. It&#8217;s the perfect place for families to enjoy the day outside as well as couples in love, the weird and wonderful alike.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:right;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:right;\">I fit in like a lonely princess trying on the perfect glass slipper.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/86ab5-img_0324.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/86ab5-img_0324.jpg?resize=640%2C456&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"456\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">If you are in the area, perhaps you should try the park on for yourself and see what fits you&#8230;.<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><div class=\"embed-vimeo\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/228365653\" width=\"665\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you find yourself in the downtown area of Minneapolis with some free time to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":99,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"See the latest from My Walkabout!","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7315],"tags":[589476282,177,130940,19886,1917319,200],"class_list":["post-38","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-a-day-in-the-life","tag-a-day-in-the-life","tag-art","tag-minneapolis","tag-minnesota","tag-sculpture-gardens","tag-travel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/66ef2-img_0331.jpg?fit=1600%2C1143&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p99I7P-C","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6908,"url":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=6908","url_meta":{"origin":38,"position":0},"title":"The Walker Center","author":"My Walkabout","date":"September 23, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Imagine a box of crayola's exploding in a visual orgasm before your eyes and you'll begin to feel the artistic visions inside the Walker Center. 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