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Bloomington Hotels: 24 Reviews - 33 Photos
Stillwater Hotels: 36 Reviews - 57 Photos
Duluth Hotels: 306 Reviews - 463 Photos
Rochester Hotels: 82 Reviews - 96 Photos
Faribault Hotels: 11 Reviews - 21 Photos
Otsego Hotels: 1 Hotel
Saint Paul Hotels: 284 Reviews - 557 Photos
Albert Lea Hotels: 2 Reviews - 4 Photos
Moorhead Hotels: 18 Reviews - 32 Photos
Shakopee Hotels: 7 Reviews - 7 Photos
Granite Falls Hotels: 1 Review - 6 Photos
Burnsville Hotels: 6 Reviews
Red Wing Hotels: 39 Reviews - 64 Photos
Alexandria Hotels: 10 Reviews - 9 Photos

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Downtown Minneapolis

13 Reviews This Romanesque Revival pile was designed by the firm of Long and Kees, who would just three years later create the plan for the much more "refined" Minneapolis City Hall a few blocks away. Wikipedia...

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Mall of America Minneapolis

6 Reviews I hate shopping, especially in busy malls during the weekend, but Mall of America was a totally different experience. The mall is huge, but it is not intended only for shopping lovers. Inside the...

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Combined Suggestions Minneapolis

4 Reviews One thing I really like to do during the summer is grab a bottle of wine and head down to the bandshell at Lake Harriett. During the summer there are nightly free concerts put on by a variety of local...

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Seasons Minneapolis

3 Reviews To see a hillside white with dogwood bloom is to know a particular ecstasy of beauty, but to walk the gray Winter woods and find the buds which will resurrect that beauty in another May is to partake...

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Lakes / Rivers Minneapolis

2 Reviews The mighty Mississippi starts in Minnesota and divides the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Unfortunately, the water is a bit too rough here for swimming, but it makes great photos and is...

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Minnehaha Falls Minneapolis

1 Review This 53 foot waterfall is highly unusual for this part of the country. It's on Minnehaha Creek, a tributary of the Mississippi, and is a main feature of Minnehaha Park, in the southeastern part of the...

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People Minneapolis

4 Reviews Alright, NO ONE says "ya you betch" that is a NOT true lol. You're more likely to hear, "sweet" or in the college community "tight" and the ever popular "cool" If someone says anything close to "Ya"...

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Information / Sources Minneapolis

2 Reviews I like to look at local newspapers of cities I'm going to visit to get a feel for the town. Here's a link to the StarTribune The picture of the paper in this tip was added a few years ago and we in...

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Minneapolis

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The settlement that was to become Minneapolis was founded in 1856 on the south bank of the Mississippi River at Saint Anthony Falls. Minneapolis was established at Saint Anthony Falls because it was impossible to travel upriver from the falls at the time, and the falls also provided a source of power for new industries.Originally called Albion, the name was changed to Minneapolis in 1852. Minneapolis is a derivation of Minnehaha which means "laughing waters" in the dialect of the Mdewakantan band of the Dakota Indian tribe, and polis which is Greek for "city."Early in the city's history, the Mississippi River was an important means of transportation, mainly for the shipping of logs cut in the surrounding forests. Many sawmills were built along the banks of the Mississippi River and lumber became the first major industry in the fledgling community.The lumber industry was soon overtaken by...

Saint Paul

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The settlement that was to become Saint Paul was established in the 1840s by French-Canadian voyageurs at a location where two clefts in an 80-foot (24-meter) bluff created a convenient landing. A retired fur trader named Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant established a saloon in the new settlement, which took the name of Pig's Eye Landing. However, Father Lucien Galtier arrived in 1841 and built a chapel dedicated to Saint Paul. He asked that the settlement's name be changed to Saint Paul, which it was.In 1849, Minnesota became a territory, and Saint Paul was named its capital. When Minnesota became a state in 1858, the city remained its capital. Due to its strategic location on the Mississippi River, Saint Paul became an important center for trade and commerce, especially the fur trade.Saint Paul continued to prosper and grow, and now, along with its twin city, Minneapolis, forms the center of...

History of Minnesota

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Originally the Dakota were the dominant Native American culture throughout area but during the 1700's, the encroaching white population from the East, forced the Ojibwe, into Minnesota territory. Years of bitter fighting between the two tribes followed and today, the Dakota and the Ojibwe remain the two main indigenous groups in the state. When the Europeans arrived they created trading relationships with the Indians.In the early 1800s, Minnesota's forests and grasslands were exploited for lumbering and grain milling interests. In the early 1900s some of the world's richest iron ore deposits were discovered in the Northeast, it was these that led to growing immigrant populations and large cities like Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth.

LAKES AND PARKS

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Minneapolis is surrounded by beautiful lakes and parks. Here are a few photos of French Park in suburban Plymouth.See a play at the Guthrie or check out the art museums. Shop downtown and never have to walk outside!

Grumpy Old Men

by mcpangie

That movie with is full of comedy, and perhaps a little truth. From what I can tell, the people who settled Minnesota, wether they are Norwegian like my realtives or not, were hard-working people with a wonderful sense of humor as part of their make up. I haven't ever lived there, but I bet it is a State full of old characters who can make you laugh. But I bet a lot of those people are off the beaten path.

An autumn view of the Minnesota River

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Often times in the deep dark winter, I curse Minnesota as being the most wretched of states. Why, I wonder, do people who have the means to pick up and leave (such as me), not pick up and leave. Who can stomach day after day of sub zero temperatures and a springtime that takes an eternity to arrive. I guess the answer lies in the changing of the seasons. Every once in a while between the mosquito laden summers and the winters that darn near convince you that another ice age is neigh, you get that perfect spring day when all the world seems to be in bloom or that brilliant autumn day when the air is crisp and everything seems right with the world.The Minnesota River cannot compare with those other mighty M rivers, the Missouri and the Mississippi. But it is a river that we can call our own.

Lake of the Woods

by seagoingJLW

Take the boat trip across Lake of the Woods (as far north as you can go and still be in the continental United States) which starts in Warroad.Get your charter boat at Warroad Estates MarinaWarroad is also known as "Hockey Town USA" and you can tour the Christian Hockey Stick Factory there.

Visit the Mall of America

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Visit the Mall of America. It's the largest shopping mall in the world in the USA. It is also the home of some theme parks, such as Knott's Camp Snoopy, Underwater Adventure, Lego Imagination Center, General Mills' Cereal Adventure, NASCAR Silicon Motor Speedway, and more.The mall is located in Bloomington, Minnesota where I 495 crosses Rte 77.For information phone: 952-883-8800

Visit Minneapolis

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Visit Minneapolis. There's lots to do there.See the Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2400 Third Avenue South See the Minneapolis Planetarium 300 Nicollet MallSee the Bell Museum of Natural History 10 Church Street SESee the American Swedish Institute 2600 Park AvenueSee the Hennepin History Museum 2303 Third Avenue SouthSee the numerous lakes and parks

The Frozen Coast

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Lake Superior is almost an inland ocean. It is as big as New England . Contains as much fresh water as the other four Great Lakes combined. And if drained would cover the entire North American continent with several feet of water. Oh, and it is very cold, even in the midst of summer its water temperatures do not rise above 34 degrees F.

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Northland Inn Minneapolis

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Homewood Suites Minneapolis - New Brighton Saint Paul

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Edgewater Resort and Waterpark Duluth

4 Reviews and 87 Opinions To begin my story... the first issue we had occurred on our first night staying here. I stayed at...

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