Although often thought of as boring and "there's nothing there", Minnesota is actually a pretty neat state - especially the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. We live an hour north of "the twin cities" but hope to move down there within the next few years if DH can get a job down there..

Top fun facts:
1. Minneapolis is rated THE bike-friendliest city in the nation: http://www.bicycling.com/news/advocacy/1-minneapolis-mn

2. Minneapolis is well known for it's plethora of museums, music venues, arts, plays etc and has often been said to rival cities such as New York City for it's art/culture scene. It ranks no. #8 for best music cities in the US: http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/americas-best-music-cities/24

3. Minneapolis is rated 5th for the top nerdiest cities, which is judged based on comic conventions, comic book stores per capita etc... http://www.movoto.com/blog/top-ten/nerd-cities/

4. Celebrities Bob Dylan, Prince, Jessica Biel, Winona Ryder, Vince Vaughn, Owl City's Adam Young and Judy Garland are all from Minnesota... As is Laura Ingalls Wilder!

5. Forbes rated Minneapolis the #1 healthiest city in America due to it's clean air, amount of walking/biking trails, general health of citizens, outdoor activities, prioritizing exercise and amount of parks/golf courses etc... http://www.forbes.com/pictures/eigl45hfh/1-minneapolis-minn/

6. People travel from all over the world to visit Mall of America- the largest mall in the US with an indoor theme park! It is 9.5 million square feet!

7. The Mayo Clinic is located in Minnesota - a world renowned teaching and working medical center where ground breaking studies are done.

In case you're interested - here are some other fun facts about Minnesota! http://www.50states.com/facts/minn.htm#.UZgO5r_v820

How about where you live?!