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Minnesota ( / ˌmɪnəˈsoʊtə / ⓘ MIN-ə-SOH-tə) is a state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is known as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes" but actually has 14,380 bodies of fresh water covering at least ten acres ...
Minneapolis. / 44.98194°N 93.26917°W / 44.98194; -93.26917. Minneapolis, [a] officially the City of Minneapolis, [13] is a city in and the county seat of Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. [4] With a population of 429,954, it is the state's most populous city as of the 2020 census. [7] It occupies both banks of the Mississippi ...
Minnetonka High School. / 44.9090907; -93.5112960. Minnetonka High School, or MHS (locally referred to as Tonka or Tonka High), is a four-year public high school located in Minnetonka, Minnesota, United States, a western suburb of Minneapolis-St. Paul. The school enrolls about 3,540 students, [4] and offers four interchangeable academic ...
Minnesota's first state park, Itasca State Park, was established in 1891 at the source of the Mississippi River. By 1925, Minnesota had 23 parks. [210] During the Depression, with nine of its parks used as housing for the Civilian Conservation Corps, a division of state parks was created to administer the park system. [210]
The Minnesota State Fair is the state fair of the U.S. state of Minnesota.Also known by its slogan, "The Great Minnesota Get-Together", it is the largest state fair in the United States by average daily attendance and the second-largest state fair in the United States by total attendance, trailing only the State Fair of Texas, which generally runs twice as long as the Minnesota State Fair.
Chisholm, Minnesota. / 47.49111°N 92.87889°W / 47.49111; -92.87889. Chisholm is a city in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 4,976 at the 2010 census. [3] The city has been called "The Heart of the Iron Range" due to its location in the middle of the Mesabi Iron Range .
Brainerd (/ ˈ b r eɪ n ər d / BRAY-nərd) is a city and the county seat of Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States.Its population was 14,395 at the 2020 census. Brainerd straddles the Mississippi River several miles upstream from its confluence with the Crow Wing River, having been founded as a site for a railroad crossing above the confluence.
Four-lane U.S. Route 2, U.S. Route 71 and Minnesota State Highway 197 are three of the main routes in the city. Minnesota State Highways 89 and 371 are nearby. The largest earthquake on record for the Bemidji area was recorded on September 3, 1917.