East Bloomington Travel Guide
Minneapolis - St. Paul
Visit East Bloomington
Popular places to visit
Mall of America
You can find the perfect gifts to bring home when you visit Mall of America, a popular shopping spot in Bloomington. Attend a sporting event or simply enjoy the top-notch restaurants while you're in the area.
Nickelodeon Universe
Enjoy 27 unique rides and attractions in this indoor amusement park, located in the center of the super-sized Mall of America.
Great Wolf Lodge Water Park
Raft down 10 floors in one of the biggest indoor water parks in America, with enough tube rides and waves to keep the family entertained all day.
Sea Life Minnesota Aquarium
Take the family to visit the sea animals who live in Sea Life Minnesota Aquarium during your trip to Bloomington. Attend a sporting event or simply enjoy the top-notch restaurants while you're in the area.
Lego Imagination Center
Enjoy a stop at Lego Imagination Center, an entertaining place to visit in Bloomington. Attend a sporting event or simply enjoy the top-notch restaurants while you're in the area.
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge
Explore the great outdoors at Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, a lovely green space in Bloomington. Attend a sporting event or simply enjoy the top-notch restaurants while you're in the area.
Things to do
Mall of America: Moose Mountain Adventure Golf Ticket
St. Paul Ghost Tours: Sinister Sins & Shadows
Minneapolis River Walk: A Self-Guided Audio Tour
Narrated Scenic Tour on the Minneapolis Trolley
Top hotels in East Bloomington
Wyndham Bloomington - Mall of America
No contential breakfast it is not a direct walk across to Mall of America like it looks on map but they had a free shuttle to mall and back
Reviewed on 9 Apr 2026
Radisson Blu Mall of America
Clean room, friendly/supportive staff and proximity. Minuses: pool closed on site (I learned about it at check in, however I may have missed something), no microwave in the room nor on each floor for accessibility (at least 1 on each floor would help) and I had to request housekeeping. Not too happy ...
Reviewed on 7 Apr 2026
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Mall of America - MSP Airport by IHG
It was just a holiday inn well maintain
Reviewed on 9 Apr 2026
Country Inn & Suites by Radisson, Bloomington at Mall of America, MN
While the room was clean the beds were terrible. Solid as concrete and the frames squeezed of metal and ended up moving. Bathrooms were in need of some updating.
Reviewed on 8 Apr 2026
Hyatt Regency Bloomington - Minneapolis
They have a great breakfast menu and bar service starting at 4 o’clock. At 5 o’clock they start serving dinner with lots of choices and all of them are good. I typically enjoy the brussels sprouts and the buffalo chicken wings. But I’ve had their bowls, salads, entrées, and soups, and they’re all ...
Reviewed on 9 Apr 2026
Great Wolf Lodge Bloomington
The room was clean but overall basic. The bunkbed room for the kids was a fun feature. We stayed 4 nights and our room wasn’t serviced once. We needed to ask for garbage bags (to empty our own garbage) and fresh towels. We understand the hotel was very busy (Easter weekend) but having our room attended ...
Reviewed on 9 Apr 2026
Other neighbourhoods around East Bloomington
South Loop
While you're in South Loop, take in top sights like Mall of America or Sea Life Minnesota Aquarium, and hop on the metro to see more of the city at 28th Avenue Station or Mall of America Station.
West Bloomington
While visiting West Bloomington, you might make a stop by sights like Bloomington Ice Gardens and Hyland Ski and Snowboard Area.
Southwest Minneapolis
If you're spending some time in Southwest Minneapolis, Lake Harriet and Chain of Lakes are top sights worth seeing.
South Minneapolis
While you're in South Minneapolis, take in top sights like Parkway Theater or Lake Nokomis, and hop on the metro to see more of the city at 38th Street Station or 46th Street Station.
Powderhorn
If you're spending time in Powderhorn, check out sights like Minneapolis Institute of Art or Childrens Theatre Company and hop on the metro to see more of the city at Lake Street - Midtown Station or 38th Street Station.
Calhoun Isles
While you're in Calhoun Isles, take in top sights like Bde Maka Ska or Walker Art Center, and hop on the metro to see more of the city at West 21st Street Station or Bryn Mawr Station.
