Minnesota State Facts:
Minneapolis has more golfers per capita than any other city in the country.
The Mall of America in Bloomington is the size of 78 football fields --- 9.5 million square feet.
Rollerblades were the first commercially successful in-line Roller Skates. Minnesota students Scott and Brennan Olson invented them in 1980, when they were looking for a way to practice Hockey during the off-season. Their design was an ice hockey boot with 3 inline wheels instead of a blade.
Minnesota has one recreational boat per every six people, more than any other state.
Minnesota Inventions: Masking and Scotch tape, Wheaties cereal, Bisquick, HMOs, the bundt pan, Aveda beauty products, and Green Giant vegetables
The original name of the settlement that became St. Paul was Pig's Eye. Named for the French-Canadian whiskey trader, Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant, who had led squatters to the settlement.
Minneapolis’ famed skyway system connecting 52 blocks (nearly five miles) of downtown makes it possible to live, eat, work and shop without going outside.
Tonka Trucks were developed and are continued to be manufactured in Minnetonka
Candy maker Frank C. Mars of Minnesota introduced the Milky Way candy bar in 1923. Mars marketed the Snickers bar in 1930 and introduced the 5 cent Three Musketeers bar in 1937. The original 3 Musketeers bar contained 3 bars in one wrapper. Each with different flavor nougat.
The world's largest pelican stands at the base of the Mill Pond dam on the Pelican River, right in downtown Pelican Rapids. The 15 1/2 feet tall concrete statue was built in 1957.
Minnesota has 90,000 miles of shoreline, more than California, Florida and Hawaii combined. Its nickname is Land of 10,000 Lakes.
Rochester is home of the world famous Mayo Clinic. The clinic is a major teaching and working facility. It is known worldwide for its physician expertise and the newest methods of treatment.
Of the 48 contiguous states, Minnesota is the farthest north.