1. Minnesota has the 16th largest metropolitan area with more than 2.8 million people.

2. Famous firms with headquarters in Minnesota include Best Buy, Northwest Airlines, Medtronic, Carlson Companies, Target Corporation, SuperValu, 3M and more.

3. The Mall of America shopping Center in Bloomington is the size of 78 football fields, over 9.5 million square feet in size.

4. Minneapolis’ famed skyway system connecting 52 blocks (nearly five miles) of downtown makes it possible to live, eat, work and shop without going outside.

5. Because of our thousands of lakes, Minnesota has 90,000 miles of shoreline. More than California, Florida, and Hawaii combined.

6. Rochester is home of the world famous Mayo Clinic. The clinic is a major teaching and working facility. It is known world wide for its doctor's expertise and the newest methods of treatments.

7. The first open heart surgery and the first bone marrow transplant in the United States were done at the University of Minnesota.

8. Minneapolis has more golfers per capita than any other city in the country.

9. Minnesota is home to the oldest continuously running theater (Old Log Theater) and the largest dinner theater (Chanhassen Dinner Theater) in the country.

10. Only in the Metrodome has there been a Super Bowl, World Series, and a NCAA Final Four Basketball Championship – all in the same year (1991).