Duluth, MinnesotaA Superior Community
This city's AerialLiftBridge spans its 300-foot wide ship canal with a roadway that is raised and lowered about 5,000 times a year...
Population: 199,900|Average Home Price: $175,000|Precipitation: 27"|Snow: 79"
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St. Cloud, MinnesotaThe Best and Brightest
This Minnesota city's stunning gardens border the Mississippi River and contain more than 1,100 rose bushes...
Population: 46,700|Average Home Price: $170,000|Precipitation: 27"|Snow: 43"
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Portland, MaineJewel By the Sea
This port town's historic "Observatory" tower was built in 1807 so local businessmen could literally know when their ship was coming in...
Population: 243,550|Average Home Price: $262,000|Precipitation: 41"|Snow: 74"
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Erie, PennsylvaniaThe Flagship City
This city's sheltered PresqueIsleBay is home to the U.S. Brig Niagara, the tallest "tall ship" on the Great Lakes...
Population: 280,000|Average Home Price: $123,000|Precipitation: 42"|Snow: 85"
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Manchester, New HampshireThe Queen City
This town's most famous citizen was General John Stark, a Revolutionary War hero best known for penning the New Hampshire motto "Live Free or Die"...
Population: 204,000|Average Home Price: $250,000|Precipitation: 42"|Snow: 64"
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Lansing, MichiganA City on the Move
This surprisingly sporty Michigan town is home to the collegiate Spartans and the minor-league baseball Lugnuts…
Population: 118,000|Average Home Price: $102,000|Precipitation: 30"|Snow: 25"
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Eden Prairie, MinnesotaThe Prairie Paradise
You'll find all kinds of music and food at this Minnesota town's day-long "DiverseCity on the Prairie" celebration...
Population: 59,500|Average Home Price: $350,000|Precipitation: 28"|Snow: 40"
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Fort Wayne, IndianaThe All-American City
The Indiana orchard planter John Chapman is celebrated at this city's annual Johnny Appleseed Festival…
Population: 220,000|Average Home Price: $220,000|Precipitation: 36"|Snow: 31"
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Cedar Rapids, IowaCity of Five Seasons
This Iowa corn belt city's minor-league pro baseball team is named the Kernels...
Population: 122,500|Average Home Price: $133,600|Precipitation: 34"|Snow: 28"
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Ann Arbor, MichiganGem of the Midwest
This cutting-edge university town in Michigan had its first telephone installed in 1881…
Population: 341,800|Average Home Price: $269,000|Precipitation: 29"|Snow: 33"
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Syracuse, New YorkThe Heart of New York State
This city is home to the famous Everson Museum of Art, with buildings designed by I.M.Pei…
Population: 144,000|Average Home Price: $120,000|Precipitation: 36"|Snow: 115"
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Rochester, New YorkThe Flower City
This spot is the home of the George Eastman House, the world's premier photography and motion pictures museum…
Population: 215,000|Average Home Price: $116,000|Precipitation: 36"|Snow: 91"
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Buffalo, New YorkThe City of Good Neighbors
Breathtaking Niagara Falls is only minutes west of this lakeshore town…
Population: 285,000|Average Home Price: $129,000|Precipitation: 36"|Snow: 93"
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Nashua, New HampshireThe Gate City
Due to is location straddling the Nashua River, residents of this spot fought vigorously in 1842 over which side of the river should get the town hall…
Population: 87,300|Average Home Price: $296,000|Precipitation: 45"|Snow: 75"
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Grand Rapids, MichiganPride of West Michigan
The largest equestrian statue in the world - weighing 13 tons and standing 24 feet high - is in this Michigan city…
Population: 195,600|Average Home Price: $153,000|Precipitation: 30"|Snow: 72"
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Mansfield, OhioHome of Johnny Appleseed
Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall were married on a farm in this bucolic Ohio spot in 1945…
Population: 50,700|Average Home Price: $127,000|Precipitation: 34"|Snow: 42"
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Dayton, OhioCity of Flight
The Wright Brothers built their airplanes in the back of their bicycle shop in this Ohio city…
Population: 161,700|Average Home Price: $135,000|Precipitation: 34"|Snow: 29"
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Kalamazoo, MichiganLand of the Bubbling Waters
This active Michigan spot was the first city in the nation to create a downtown pedestrian mall...
Population: 75,300|Average Home Price: $133,000|Precipitation: 34"|Snow: 48"
Top of FormBattle Creek, MichiganLand of the Bubbling Waters
The Kellogg company was founded in this Michigan city now known as "The Breakfast Capital of the World"...
Population: 55,830|Average Home Price: $116,000|Precipitation: 34"|Snow: 48"
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Reading, PennsylvaniaOutlet Capital of the World
This Pennsylvania spot is home to the Mid-AtlanticAirMuseum, which offers rides in classic aircraft…
Population: 81,000|Average Home Price: $143,000|Precipitation: 41"|Snow: 28"
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New Brunswick, New JerseyAmerica’s Health Care City
This city, founded in 1730, is home to the only state university to have existed before the Revolutionary War…
Population: 49,800|Average Home Price: $323,000|Precipitation: 44"|Snow: 24"
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Iowa City, IowaBest of the Midwest
This Iowa university town has been called the nation's best-educated community…
Population: 63,800|Average Home Price: $206,000|Precipitation: 34"|Snow: 29"
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Terre Haute, IndianaThe Crossroads of America
This Indiana city is home to The Hippodrome Theatre, the country's oldest surviving vaudeville theater...
Population: 58,000|Average Home Price: $100,000|Precipitation: 39"|Snow: 21"
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Elkhart-Goshen, IndianaCity with A Heart
Names like Selmer, Gemeinhardt and Bach make this northern Indiana spot "the band instrument capital of the world"...
Population: 81,500|Average Home Price: $130,000|Precipitation: 35"|Snow: 38"
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