Get Ready to Pay $3 a Gallon for Gasoline in Minnesota Get our free mobile app Usually, gasoline prices spike as we head into the Memorial Day weekend but hold onto your wallet if you're traveling over the 4th of July weekend now too. 2021 has been a MUCH better year so far than 2020 was, hasn't it? Then pandemic is fading, and things are starting to feel like they used to as our lives get back to some semblance of 'normal.' One of the things, though, that may not be quite so good, however, is the fact that gasoline prices are much, much higher than they were last year-- and we could soon be crossing the $3 mark for a gallon of unleaded here in Minnesota.