East Bloomington Travel Guide
Tourist Guide
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
Rollercoasters, a Ferris wheel and a host of TV characters will provide a wonderful day of entertainment for visitors of all ages.
Great Wolf Lodge Water Park
Thrill seekers of all ages will enjoy hours of fun among the waves, pools and tubes rides in one of America's biggest indoor water parks.
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.
Activities
Narrated Scenic Tour on the Minneapolis Trolley
St. Paul Ghost Tours: Sinister Sins & Shadows
Mall of America: Moose Mountain Adventure Golf Ticket
Minneapolis River Walk: A Self-Guided Audio Tour
Mall of America: Museum of Illusions Entry Ticket
Our pick of the best East Bloomington Hotel Deals
Country Inn & Suites by Radisson, Bloomington at Mall of America, MN
This motel is located directly across the street (Kilabrew St.) from the Mall of America. The motel has complimentary airport shuttle service, a very good breakfast, a decent small gym. It checks all the boxes, and I’ll return.
Reviewed on 14 May 2026
Wyndham Bloomington - Mall of America
The room was okay. Hot tub jets didn't work. A couple of the kids swim features didn't work. Main pool was cold. Breakfast was the most minimal continental breakfast I've seen. Just bagels, apples, oranges, apple sauce, muffins, and 3 cereals with communal milk. We stayed before and found the place ...
Reviewed on 15 May 2026
Great Wolf Lodge Bloomington
All of the staff looked like they had just lost their best friend and didn’t want to be there. Very unhelpful when we came with any question or concern. It was so stupid you couldn’t pay the difference so my grandson could get the item he wanted. He actually won a nice prize in the claw machine but ...
Reviewed on 14 May 2026
Radisson Blu Mall of America
Super great hotel for a quick trip to Mall of America!!
Reviewed on 16 May 2026
Hyatt Regency Bloomington - Minneapolis
pretty good
Reviewed on 15 May 2026
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Mall of America - MSP Airport by IHG
The hotel itself was fine. Breakfast was very good, especially the biscuits and gravy. The major downside was the traffic noise and the construction in front of the hotel. And it would have been nice to warn us that the exit by the hotel was closed, and the best way to navigate around that. It was ...
Reviewed on 16 May 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 Hyland Ski and Snowboard Area and Bloomington Ice Gardens.
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 Powderhorn Park and hop on the metro to see more of the city at Lake Street - Midtown Station or 38th Street Station.
Whittier
If you're spending some time in Whittier, Minneapolis Institute of Art and Childrens Theatre Company are top sights worth seeing.
