state by state speak your mind about...minnesota

[Lydia Leftcoast]

22. We have the headwaters of the Mississippi River at Lake Itasca

and unglaciated area along the Mississippi between Red Wing and the Iowa border, which has higher elevations than the surrounding land.

Minneapolis has ten lakes within its city limits, and thanks to a visionary parks superintendent in the late 19th century, they're all surrounded by park land and walking and cycling trails. For some reason, St. Paul didn't get as many lakes.

We still have the caucus system, which means that we can make resolutions in our local caucuses and see them passed up to the state level.

When I was growing up in the 1950s, Minnesota was really a lot like Lake Wobegon, in that most people were either Lutheran or Catholic.

We know how to pronounce Scandinavian names.

Minneapolis has one of the largest populations of urban Native Americans, mostly Ojibwe and Dakota, as well as reservations scattered around the state. You can study both the Ojibwe and Dakota languages at the University of Minnesota.

Northfield, Minnesota at one time had more colleges (Carleton and St. Olaf) than movie theaters, and probably still does. Northfield also holds the distinction of having had its bank robbed by Jesse James.

The North Shore of Lake Superior between Two Harbors and the Canadian border is a fantastic scenic drive.