Minneapolis River Walk: Self-Guided Audio Tour

Embark on a captivating audio tour of Minneapolis River Walk, exploring historic sites, fascinating stories, and iconic landmarks along the Mississippi River. Discover the city’s milling industry, notable events, and hidden secrets.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Open Book - The tour begins outside the Open Book Literary Center. Here, you’ll get an introduction to how VoiceMap works, an overview of the city, and some information about the Open Book Literary Center, all before the walk officially starts. - Guthrie Theater - As you pass by the Guthrie Theatre, you’ll learn about its history and its…
What's Included
  • VoiceMap App for Android and iOS
  • Lifetime access to this tour in English
  • Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
What's Not Included
  • Tickets or entrance fees to any museums or other attractions en route
  • Smartphone and headphones
  • Food and drink
  • Transportation
Additional Information

Welcome to Minneapolis, the birthplace of Nerf Balls, the legendary musician Prince, and, yes, Zubaz pants. On this self-guided audio tour, you’ll wander along the Mississippi River. During your journey, you’ll discover: • The history of Minneapolis’s milling industry • The catastrophic Washburn A Mill explosion of 1878 • The 35W Bridge collapse in 2007…

Location
Open Book
South Washington Avenue
The tour starts at the Open Book Literary Center on Washington Ave. Before arrival, please install the VoiceMap mobile app and use the code provided on your confirmation ticket. This is a self-guided audio tour that you can start, pause, or restart at any time and complete at your own pace.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Andy_a
Sep 8, 2024
Very worthwhile - Excellent knowledge of history, along with humorous anecdotes. Does not return you to point of origin, though.
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82beeg
Sep 5, 2024
Great experience, try it! - Such a great walking tour. I did it as it was getting dark so I got to see the city in many lights. Super easy to follow and you can just put your phone in your pocket and directions are provided. The tour guide gives you different tidbits covering different things like arts, sports, music, history, geography, nature. You really get a little bit of everything. Definitely recommend, great way to spend an hour or so!
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Joann_l
Jul 16, 2024
Nice walk! - Loved the whole walk, narration, and jokes. Appreciated when I went the wrong way and it told me I was lost!
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Francis_w
Jul 11, 2024
Great tour - The audio tour was great. The narrator was local and really added to the history. The quality of the audio was excellent.
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Aliciag343
Sep 23, 2023
Amazing - This self guided tour was amazing! So much information and a great way to learn about your beauty city. I highly recommend!
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Donald_g
Sep 20, 2023
Love the tour guide! - The history! I loved every word of the tour. I do think that because the tour leaves you about 30 minutes from where you park to begin, there could have been more tour for the walk back.
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R8576fjkathym
Sep 15, 2023
Enjoyable! - The weather was perfect! I took my time and explored The Guthrie, Mill Ruins Park and Nicollet Island views of falls. Nice to have the narration and interesting history as I walked. Great day I’d highly recommend!
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Claire
Sep 14, 2023
Nice river wander. - Really nice guided walk along the river and some key sites. GPS points were a good way to guide you and you could repeat if you got distracted or if the surroundings got too loud.
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Rebecca_c
Jun 9, 2024
Good for riverside tour - Interesting voice over. Great to get some history of the area. Easy to use and clear directions given. Would say ending felt quite abrupt.
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Car
Nov 8, 2023
Good information but wait for summer! - First time to downtown Minneapolis and thought this tour would give us the lay of the land. It was very informative, the walk easy enough, interesting history but I think would be better in the summer when there is more going on in the park area. It was pretty desolate in November. You really only need to pay for one person and everybody else will just listen in on your phone with a little speaker. I paid for four adults and we ended up walking in couples and at our own pace. The guy’s voice was a little monotone, but he did have some good stories. You really don’t even need to go into the bookstore. It’s just a starting point for the app to recognize where you are. Not sure why you needed to book ahead of time. That was quite ridiculous.
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