About Minnesota - facts about Minnesotans, and about the wonders of our unique state, can add to your enjoyment of a Minnesota vacation or to challenge the knowledge of family and friends.
If you only know one thing about Minnesota, you likely know that it is a beautiful state. You can experience pine forests, tall grass prairie, rocky cliffs, hundreds of waterfalls, the "inland sea" of Lake Superior and thousands of lovely lakes.
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Our State Motto is: L'Étoile du Nord (The North Star)
Some Minnesota nicknames: North Star State; Gopher State; Land of 10,000 Lakes.
The origin of the name is from a Dakota Indian word meaning “sky-tinted water.”
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Source: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Census.
Visit the Minnesota Historical Society at 345 W Kellogg Blvd in St Paul. You can see hundreds of amazing exhibits as well as research your family history. If you are unable visit, you can do your research at mnhs.org/library
Minnesota Facts About Our 78 State Parks and State Recreation Areas: what to see and do in each of our beautiful state parks. Download our state parks guide: Minnesota State Parks E-Book.
Are you planning a trip to Minnesota, a move to Minnesota, or doing classwork about Minnesota? If so, we have lots of basic facts and interesting tidbits about our state.
There are just some things that you "must" do when in Minnesota: Walk across the Mississippi River at Itasca State Park, play on, and in, as many Minnesota lakes as you can, visit the "greatest of the great lakes", Lake Superior, and take scenic road trips in every part of the state
Minnesota State Symbols reveal much about what Minnesota values and what we believe displays the uniqueness of our state. Some of our state symbols are plants and animals; other symbols are the foods we produce. Just for fun we've created some Minnesota state recipes based on our state symbol foods.
Minnesota geography offers an amazing variety of terrain and experience as you travel across the state. Facts about Minnesota history include the stories of the Native Americans who influenced so much of who we are. Learn more about the Ojibwe:
Many jokes and stories about Minnesota focus on our Scandinavian population. However this "reputation" about our population does not reflect our ethnic diversity that includes our Native Americans, the largest Somali population in the U.S., the large Hmong population, and our Mexican, Asian, and East African communities.
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