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Rainy Day Date Ideas

Rain doesn't have to cancel the plan. These indoor date ideas include places worth leaving the house for, like museums, old theaters, arcades, bookstores and aquariums, and cozy nights in where the weather outside just makes it better.

Each one has a little challenge or photo idea built in, so it feels like more than killing time until the sun comes out. Check hours before you go, since indoor spots are often busiest on rainy weekends.

58 ideas in 12 states and anywhere

Amble Anywhere

29 ideas

Books and Coffee Swap

Bookstore and coffee date. Pick a book and a coffee order for each other, then swap at the café.

Date1-3 hoursUnder $20 Mission 3

Pantry Challenge

Pantry challenge date at home. Each pick 3 secret ingredients, then cook one meal with all 6.

Date1-3 hoursFree Mission 4

Portrait Night

Portrait night at home. Draw each other in 20 minutes, no erasing, then title and sign it.

Date1-3 hoursFree Mission 9

Museum Visit

Museum date. Wander an art or science museum and each find the piece you'd take home.

DateHalf day$20-60 Mission 17

Take a Class Together

Take a class together. Pottery, cooking, dance, anything neither of you has tried.

Date1-3 hoursOver $60 Mission 26

Dress-Up Orchestra Night

Dress up for a night at the symphony. Dinner first, then a live orchestra concert.

Date1-3 hoursOver $60 Mission 28

No Lights Night

No-lights night at home. Phones away, candles lit, and an evening of games and talk.

Date1-3 hoursFree Mission 29

Cook Something New

Cook something new at home. Pick a dish you've never made, shop together, cook it and rate it.

Date or adventure1-3 hours$20-60 Mission 30

Bob Ross Painting Night

Bob Ross paint-along night at home. Pick an episode and paint happy little trees side by side.

Date or adventure1-3 hoursUnder $20 Mission 31

Split Coloring Page

Split coloring page game. Tear a page in half, each color your side, then put it back together.

Date or adventure1-3 hoursFree Mission 32

Best Worst Movie Night

So-bad-it's-good movie night. Pick a famously terrible film neither of you has seen and savor it.

Date or adventure1-3 hoursFree Mission 34

Blind Thrift Outfit Challenge

Thrift store outfit challenge. Pick each piece with your eyes closed, then wear it out.

Date or adventure1-3 hours$20-60 Mission 37

Chess Night

Chess night at home. Play a best-of-three match, and teach as you go if one of you is new.

Date or adventure1-3 hoursFree Mission 38

Letters to Future Us

Letters to future us. Each write a letter to open together in one year, then hide them.

Date1-3 hoursFree Mission 39

Blind Taste Test Night

Blind taste test night at home. Blindfold each other, taste chips or sodas, and guess the brands.

Date or adventure1-3 hoursUnder $20 Mission 41

Sushi Night, Something New

Sushi night. Each order a roll or dish you've never tried and rate every bite out of 10.

Date or adventure1-3 hours$20-60 Mission 42

Pass-the-Canvas Sip and Paint

Sip and paint at home. Each start a canvas, then swap every ten minutes and keep going.

Date1-3 hoursUnder $20 Mission 45

Holiday Window Art

Holiday window art at home. Each decorate a window with chalk markers, then score each other.

Date or adventure1-3 hoursUnder $20 Mission 46

Draw That Memory

Draw that memory date night. Each draw a memory of the two of you, then guess the other's.

Date1-3 hoursFree Mission 47

Thrift Teacup Candles

DIY teacup candles. Thrift a weird teacup for each other, then pour a candle and light it tonight.

Date or adventureHalf day$20-60 Mission 48

Weird Little Museum

Find the weirdest little museum near you. Each share the strangest thing you learned.

Date or adventure1-3 hoursUnder $20 Mission 49

Stencil Shirts for Each Other

DIY stencil shirt date. Secretly design a shirt for each other, then wear them out.

Date1-3 hours$20-60 Mission 50

One-Shot Quest for Two

One-shot tabletop RPG night. One runs the story, one plays the hero. Roll dice, save the day.

Date or adventure1-3 hoursFree Mission 51

Midnight Grocery Expedition

Late-night grocery store adventure. Walk every aisle and find the weirdest thing in the store.

Date or adventure1-3 hoursUnder $20 Mission 57

Kitchen Scrap Dye Day

Kitchen scrap dye day. Turn onion skins and avocado pits into natural dye for bandanas.

Date or adventureHalf dayUnder $20 Mission 58

Invent a Board Game

Invent a board game at home. Design it, playtest it, fix the boring parts and name it.

Date or adventure1-3 hoursUnder $20 Mission 61

Chain Reaction Machine

Build a Rube Goldberg machine at home to do one silly job. Film the run that finally works.

Date or adventureHalf dayUnder $20 Mission 68

Stop-Motion Movie

Make a stop-motion movie at home with toys, then throw a premiere with popcorn.

Date or adventureHalf dayFree Mission 70

Learn to Juggle in an Afternoon

Learn to juggle at home. Make three beanbags and go for ten catches in a row.

Date or adventure1-3 hoursFree

Amble Alabama

1 idea

Mission 2 · Cloverdale, Montgomery

Movie Night at the Capri

Capri Theatre in Montgomery's Cloverdale. A 1941 movie house, an indie film, a marquee photo.

Date1-3 hours$20-60

Amble Alaska

1 idea

Mission 1 · Girdwood

Tram Up to Dinner at Seven Glaciers

Alyeska Resort in Girdwood. Ride the tram up Mount Alyeska to dinner facing the glaciers.

DateHalf dayOver $60

Amble California

7 ideas

Mission 16 · Exposition Park, Los Angeles

California Science Center and Endeavour

California Science Center in LA. Stand under Space Shuttle Endeavour, ready to launch.

Date or adventureHalf dayUnder $20 Mission 31 · Downtown Sacramento, near Old Sacramento

Crocker Art Museum

Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento. Each pick the painting you'd hang above your couch.

Date or adventure1-3 hoursUnder $20 Mission 35 · Sequoia National Park

Crystal Cave Tour

Crystal Cave in Sequoia National Park. Tour a glittering marble cave behind a spider-web gate.

Date or adventureHalf day$20-60 Mission 42 · Near Tulelake, Siskiyou County

Lava Beds Caves

Lava Beds National Monument near Tulelake. Explore lava tube caves on your own, lights off.

Date or adventureHalf dayUnder $20 Mission 44 · Old Sacramento

California State Railroad Museum

California State Railroad Museum in Old Sacramento. Climb aboard giant steam locomotives.

Date or adventure1-3 hoursUnder $20 Mission 48 · The Embarcadero, San Francisco

Exploratorium After Dark

Exploratorium After Dark in San Francisco. Play with science exhibits on adults-only night.

Date or adventure1-3 hours$20-60 Mission 52 · San Simeon, Central Coast

Hearst Castle Tour

Hearst Castle in San Simeon. Tour the hilltop palace and find the famous Neptune Pool.

Date or adventureHalf dayOver $60

Amble Florida

1 idea

Mission 10 · Whitehead St, Key West

Hemingway Home and the Six-Toed Cats

Hemingway Home in Key West. Tour the writer's house and meet the six-toed cats.

Date or adventure1-3 hours$20-60

Amble Mississippi

1 idea

Mission 3 · Oxford

Thacker Mountain Radio Night

Thacker Mountain Radio Hour in Oxford, MS. Join the live audience, then dinner on the Square.

Date1-3 hours$20-60

Amble New Hampshire

1 idea

Mission 2 · Downtown, Concord

Arthouse Night at Red River

Red River Theatres in Concord, NH. Pick an indie film neither of you knows, then debate it.

Date1-3 hours$20-60

Amble North Carolina

1 idea

Mission 2 · Uptown Charlotte

Race Day at the NASCAR Hall of Fame

NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte. Race each other in the simulators; the loser buys dinner.

DateHalf dayOver $60

Amble Oregon

10 ideas

Mission 1 · Old Town, Portland

Voodoo Doughnut Run

Voodoo Doughnut in Old Town Portland. Pick the weirdest doughnut and rate it out of ten.

Date or adventure1-3 hoursUnder $20 Mission 2 · Pearl District, Portland

Powell's Book Swap

Split up in Powell's City of Books in Portland. Each pick the other a book under $10.

Date1-3 hoursUnder $20 Mission 17 · Tillamook

Tillamook Creamery

Watch cheese get made at the Tillamook Creamery, then each try an ice cream you'd never pick.

Date or adventure1-3 hoursUnder $20 Mission 20 · Hillsboro

Rice NW Museum of Rocks and Minerals

Tour the Rice rock museum in Hillsboro. Each pick the crystal you'd keep if you could.

Date or adventure1-3 hours$20-60 Mission 31 · Aurora

Antiquing in Aurora

Hunt for the oddest treasure in Aurora's antique shops, a historic colony town south of Portland.

Date or adventureHalf day$20-60 Mission 33 · Concordia, Northeast Portland

Movie at the Kennedy School

Catch a movie in the old school auditorium. Pizza and a drink from your couch.

Date1-3 hours$20-60 Mission 35 · Old Town, Portland

Ground Kontrol Arcade

Retro arcade games and pinball at Ground Kontrol in Portland. Best of three on a game nobody knows.

Date or adventure1-3 hoursUnder $20 Mission 36 · Hollywood District, Portland

Hollywood Theatre

See a film at the 1926 Hollywood Theatre. Pick something you'd never stream.

Date1-3 hours$20-60 Mission 38 · Central Eastside, Portland

OMSI

Spend the day at OMSI. Each find the experiment that blows your mind.

Date or adventureHalf day$20-60 Mission 43 · Newport

Oregon Coast Aquarium

Walk under the sharks at the Oregon Coast Aquarium. Each pick a favorite creature.

Date or adventureHalf day$20-60

Amble Tennessee

1 idea

Mission 1 · Green Hills, Nashville

Songwriters at the Bluebird Cafe

The Bluebird Cafe in Nashville. Hear songwriters play the hits they wrote, up close.

Date1-3 hours$20-60

Amble Texas

1 idea

Mission 36 · Downtown Waco

Dr Pepper Museum

Dr Pepper Museum in Waco. See where the soda was born, then share a float at the soda fountain.

Date or adventure1-3 hoursUnder $20

Amble Washington

3 ideas

Mission 3 · Near Cougar, south side of Mount St. Helens

Ape Caves

Ape Cave near Cougar, WA. Walk a lava tube under Mount St. Helens and find the Meatball.

Date or adventureHalf dayUnder $20 Mission 15 · Vancouver, WA

Pearson Air Museum

Pearson Air Museum in Vancouver, WA. Explore vintage planes and pick the one you'd fly.

Date or adventure1-3 hoursFree Mission 61 · Proctor District, Tacoma

Movie Night at the Blue Mouse

Blue Mouse Theatre in Tacoma's Proctor District. A 1920s movie house and a marquee photo.

Date1-3 hours$20-60

Amble Wyoming

1 idea

Mission 2 · Town Square, Jackson

Saddle Up at the Cowboy Bar

Million Dollar Cowboy Bar in Jackson, WY. Grab a saddle at the bar and get a crew photo.

Date or adventure1-3 hours$20-60