Minneapolis Travel Guide
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When driving through the Twin Cities, it is sometimes hard to discern which city you are actually in. There is no visible dividing line; the cities really do blend into one another. Despite this, some say that the differences are vast. St. Paul is a bit smaller than Minneapolis, lending it more of a hometown feel. Minneapolis is considered more … Read Minneapolis introduction
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Frederick R.Weisman Art Museum
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This museum's mostly 20th-century collection contains the world's largest assemblage of works by Marsden Hartley and Alfred Maurer as well as paintings and prints by Georgia O'Keefe, Arthur Dove and Robert Motherwell. However, many …
The Grand Hotel
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The Grand Hotel Minneapolis is a AAA four diamond hotel, offering first class service. This is where high profile athletes, celebrities and CEO's come when …
Black Forest Inn (The)
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Take a walk into this whimsically painted cornerstone of East Street, and it should satisfy your craving for Bavaria. Erich, the owner and operator of The Black Forest Inn, still makes his own fresh bratwurst. All the German mainstays are …
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We love this city, yeah it has it bad parts like ALL city's do, it all good. I moved here cause it was so great. Minnesota nice is everywhere, some people are rude maybe they are having a bad ... more
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Introduction
After years of obscurity, Minneapolis and St Paul have finally snagged a share of the spotlight, thanks to the efforts of talent like Prince, The Replacements, Garrison Keillor, the filmmaking Coen brothers, and Jesse 'The Body' Ventura, the only US governor (with the possible exception of …
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Walker Art Center The first-class, recently expanded Walker Art Center has a strong permanent collection of 20th-century art and photography, including big-name US painters and great US pop art. In 1879, lumber mogul Thomas Walker opened the first private art gallery in Minneapolis. In the …
Facts for the Traveller
Population : 368400 Area : 142km² Longitude / Latitude : -93.3077926636 / 44.9241867065 Currency : US Dollar (USD) Weights & Measures system : Imperial
Getting there & Getting around
Getting there Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport is a major regional hub and home of Northwest Airlines, handling around 22 million passengers a year. Unless the traffic is especially thick, it's an easy 20-minute drive from the airport to downtown Minneapolis and St Paul. There's a …
History
Recent History The rivalry between Minneapolis and St Paul survives to this day, yet it's a good-natured competition that nobody takes too seriously. After all, both cities rate consistently high on US liveability surveys. Both have also worked hard to balance economic development with …
Weather
Minneapolis winters can be bitterly cold, with December to February averaging daytime temperatures of -4°C (25°F). Summer and early autumn (June to September) get hot and sticky, particularly in July, with average daytime temperatures around 28°C (82°F). Summers can …
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Overview
Drawing comparisons between Minneapolis and St. Paul is a difficult task. St. Paul has a slightly reserved, antique feel about it; Minneapolis is hipper, noisier, and busier. Both cities have tall, gleaming glass skylines; St. Paul's is designed to blend with the city's Art Deco and Victorian …
City Guide
Minneapolis boasts a multitude of restaurants, broadway plays, sports arenas and a pedestrian shopping boulevard. Aptly named the City of Lakes, Minneapolis contains over twenty lakes within the city limits and a great many more in the surrounding suburbs. Minneapolis is the place to go for …
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