Thanks to The OdysseyOnline.com, they have come up with 32 reasons why Minnesota is the very best state to live in. We would agree. If you need a reason to move here…you now have 32!
- Going to a cabin for the weekend during the summer is a normal thing.
- You either own a boat or know someone that owns a boat.
- There’s a reason it’s called “Minnesota Nice.”
- You can drive 30 seconds in any direction and hit water.
- The Twin Cities has the best hiking trails in the nation.
- You haven’t seen a state fair until you’ve seen the Minnesota State Fair.
- The quietest room in the world resides in South Minneapolis.
- We have the first indoor mall ever. #Southdale
- The Land of 10,000 Lakes (actually 11,000) has more shoreline than California, Hawaii and Florida combined.
- 40 degrees is the new 75. And you don’t feel bad about it at all.
- True beauty lies on the Lake Superior coastline from Duluth to Canada.
- The Minneapolis Skyway system allows you walk nearly five miles without going outside.
- Home of the stapler.
- Vikings may have sailed to America in 1362, long before Columbus, according to findings on the Kensington Rune Stone near Alexandria, MN in 1898.
- Did I mention we have a lot of lakes?
- No wonder the first water skier skied on a lake in Minnesota.
- Tonka Trucks were created and are still made in Minnetonka, MN. (Shout-out to my fellow Skippers!)
- The World’s Largest Ball of Twine is located in Darwin, MN.
- The Minneapolis Sculpture Garden is the largest of its kind in the world.
- We also invented scotch tape… You’re welcome.
- The honeycrisp apple was developed at the U of M
- If you live in Minnesota, you know what a hotdish is. And you love it.
- Bob Dylan was born here. Enough said.
- If you’ve lived in Minnesota past age 16, you know what it’s like to get stuck in a snowbank, and you have lived to tell the tale.
- You understand true rivalry.
- The University of Minnesota completed the first open heart surgery.
- Home of over 3 million cows
- Our state flower, The Lady Slipper, can live up to 100 years old.
- The snowmobile was invented in MN
- No one likes a cheesehead.
- You’ll never hear someone complain about the cold.
- And if you live here, you most definitely love it. A lot.