Sesame Street Museum & General Store (Mall of America)

The comeback of the Sesame Street store (closed since 1997) should be much larger and have plush toys, books, DVDs, video games, and albums. Stuffed puppet replicas of Big Bird, Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Ernie and Bert, The Count, Grover, and Cookie Monster appear from above or through the window while an animatronic Oscar the Grouch greets visitors. Also included is a small movie theater to watch classic Sesame Street clips, a hallway of video monitors showing some memorial clips, chronological facts about the show posted on walls throughout, and an interactive Sesame Street Muppet theater. It should soon be located somewhere in the Mall of America.