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Paisley Park
34 locals recommend
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Paisley Park is Prince’s extraordinary private estate and production complex in Chanhassen, Minnesota. Fans will have the unprecedented opportunity to experience first-hand what it was like for Prince to create, produce and perform inside this private sanctuary and remarkable production complex.
I highly suggest the VIP tour even if you aren't a Prince fan. Well worth the 22mile drive.
Paisley Park is Prince’s extraordinary private estate and production complex in Chanhassen. Located in the quiet idyllic suburb of Chanhassen, Minnesota, Paisley Park is Prince’s mythical creative sanctuary. Following the meteoric success of Purple Rain in the mid 1980s, construction began on…
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