Minnesota is the land of ten thousand lakes. And this is absolutely not fiction, according to official statistics there are almost 12 thousand of them! Obviously, because of such generosity of nature, Minnesotans are happy owners of the title of citizens of America's most livable state. Over the past 10 years, experts have recognized Minnesota as the healthiest of the 50 states six times.

Minnesota is famous not only for its amazingly beautiful lakes, but also for a large number of reserves. Excellent fishing, hunting, canoeing and canoeing, the best bike routes in the country, excellent ski runs attract millions of people every year from all over the world.

The capital of the state is St. Paul.

Big cities - Minneapolis, Bloomington , Duluth and Rochester. It will be interesting to visit also in Winona.

How to get to

You can get to Minnesota only with transplants. Fly first to Washington, and from there to Minneapolis. Transatlantic flight is not a cheap pleasure, because if you have not taken care of tickets for a few months, you will have to pay a tidy sum. The cheapest route will cost 35,000 rubles one way.

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Minnesota's climate

The climate of the state is moderate continental. It's a cold snowy winter and a hot summer. A record winter temperature of -51 ° C was recorded in 1996, a record summer temperature of +46 ° C in 1936. It is believed that in Minnesota, in the city of International Falls, is the coldest place in the continental US - the so-called national refrigerator. There are also rains, snow, snowstorms, thunderstorms, hail and tornadoes. The southern part of Minnesota is located in the zone of the so-called Tornado Avenue: more than 20 times a year there are hurricane vortexes, usually in the summer.

Attractions, entertainment and excursions Minnesota

Tourism is an important branch of the state economy. Otherwise, it can not be, because Minnesota is famous not only for its amazing lakes, but also for a large number of reserves. Excellent fishing, hunting, kayaking and canoeing, the best bike routes in the country, excellent ski runs annually attract millions of people from all over the world. Lovers of cognitive rest, too, without any impressions do not remain.

Minnesota. Video sketch

St. Paul

On the left bank of the Mississippi is the state capital - St. Paul. It is a large cargo port, but more like a European city with well-preserved buildings of late Victorian architecture.

Downtown Saint Paul is simply a paradise for pedestrians, you can move around the city center freely, thanks to a network of skydives - closed pedestrian crossings made of glass . You can walk 5 miles, it's 8 km, and never go out!

St. Paul is famous for the fact that the American novelist Francis Scott Fitzgerald was born and wrote the first major novel "On This Side of Paradise". Also here, starting from the 19th century, St. Paul's annual winter carnival is held

Minneapolis

Despite the fact that the capital of Minnesota is St. Paul, the largest and most culturally well-known in the state yet, Minneapolis . Here are located The Art Institute, where you can always see an interesting exhibition, the Walker Art Center, which houses the works of Pablo Picasso, Henry Moore, the Frederic Weissman Art Museum ... However, Minneapolis and St. Paul are called "twin cities", they are even located opposite each other, on different banks Mississippi . But Minneapolis is more modern: there are wide busy streets and sky-high skyscrapers . And the network of skiveways is more than 12 km!

By the number of seats in theaters St. Paul and Minneapolis are second only to New York!

The annual theater fringe-festival, which features dramatic, dance, puppet shows, as well as children's shows and musicals, is very popular in the state.

Fringe Festival-2011. Minnesota

Land Lakes

The area of ​​Minnesota Lakes exceeds 40 thousand square meters! The largest and deepest of them is the Upper, one of the Great Lakes of North America and the largest freshwater in the world. In addition to lakes, interesting to all tourists - and lovers of fishing, and divers, and family with children, in Minnesota, about 6, 5 thousand rivers and streams, it is here that the sources of the largest river in the United States - Mississippi are located

Voyagerov Park

In the north of Minnesota, near the border with the Canadian province of Ontario, is the Voyageurs National Park. The park was founded in 1971 and occupies a huge area, and one third of the territory is water. In addition to four large lakes, there are another 26 small, strewn with rocky islands. Landscapes are fascinating here!

The ancient routes of the cliffs and the network of water channels in the old days were traversed by the routes of fur traders and travelers.

In the park you can relax with your soul and body. For this there is everything! You can put a tent or settle in a house on the shore of Lake Rainey, rent a small barge with a cabin or explore the local beauties on a motorboat, canoe or seaplane.

During the walk on the boat you will see eagles, gulls, gulls, deer and moose. And you can go on a one-day excursion to the historic Ketl Falls waterfall - you will learn a lot of interesting things about nature, and in the evening the organizers will have a party by the fire. Children like this trip too!

There are several tourist centers in the Voyager Park, where there are exhibitions, and in the cinema you can watch films about the wild nature, the history of the park. Here you can buy books and souvenirs for your memory.

Shopping in Minnesota

Mall of America, one of the largest shopping centers in the world, will be interested in shopping. It is located near the state capital, in the suburb of Bloomington. For a year it is visited by about 40 million people, and every fourth is a tourist. The mall has more than 500 shops, at least 20 restaurants, an amusement park with 400 live trees and an oceanarium, in which there are even sharks.


All prices are for summer 2013