Minnesota
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About Minnesota
Minnesota is the largest state in the the Upper Midwest. The most significant metropolitan area is known as the Twin Cities, which contains more than half the state's population. The Twin Cities refer to the state's most populous cities: Minneapolis and Saint Paul. The state is a major food producer for the USA, and has a number of natural resources that have been greatly exploited in the last two centuries. It is famous for its more than 15,000 lakes and home to many areas of park land and county parks. After its rivers and lakes, Minnesota's most prominent physical feature is the Iron Range, a range of low mountains that run across the northern part of the state. Minnesota got its name from the Dakota people's name for the Minnesota River, mini sota, variously translated "smoky-white water".
Good to know
- Capital: Saint Paul
- Climate: Temperatures can reach extremes in Minnesota with cold winters (average of -11.5°C, record low of -51°C) and warm summers(average of 22.8 °C, record high of 45.5°C)
- Timezone: UTC -6
- No. of inhabitants: 5,100,958 (2004)
- Travel alert: EnjoyYourWorld strongly advises you to take necessary precautions for a safe travel. For more info please follow this link
Highlights
- The BWCA-Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness of northeastern Minnesota and the Quetico Provincial Park of Ontario-two million acres of International border lakes interconnected by portages and canoe trails that offer opportunities for hiking, kayaking, fishing, winter camping, dogsledding and cross country skiing
- Itasca State Park, the official source of the Mississippi River
- Try to visit St. Paul Winter Carnival if you around
- Minnehaha Park-with the falls on Minnehaha Creek
- Voyageurs National Park in the southern part of the Canadian Shield with some of the oldest rock formations in the world
Getting Around
- If you are in a hurry takes one of the Interstate highways: I94, I90 and the I35
- If not try the scenic byways
- Edge of the Wilderness-a 75 km route trough the natural wonders of flat, lowlands, swamps and lakes, rolling hills of wooded forests
- Grand Rounds Scenic Byway-trails and roadways in urban setting that includes dozens of parks, lakes, and historic districts
- Great River Road-along the Mississippi River
- Historic Bluff Country Scenic Byway-through the panoramic Root River Valley to the Mississippi River
- Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway-a scenic and historical route through farmland, towns and woodlands bordering the river between Belle Plaine and Browns Valley
- North Shore Scenic Drive-a drive along an inland sea, a mountain backdrop, and state parks with historic sites
- Paul Bunyan Scenic Byway-a stunning double loop 240km north of Minneapolis-St. Paul
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