Minnesota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States. The twelfth-largest state by area in the U.S., it is the 21st most populous, with just over five million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the 32nd state on May 11, 1858. The state is known as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes", and those lakes and the other bodies of water for which the state is named, together with state and national forests and parks, offer residents and tourists a vigorous outdoor lifestyle.
Private Liberal Arts Colleges:
Associated Colleges of the Twin Cities
Augsburg College
Bethany Lutheran College
Carleton College
College of St. Catherine
Gustavus Adolphus College
Hamline University
Macalester College
College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University
St. Olaf College
University of St. Thomas
Private Colleges and Universities:
Adler Graduate School (Hopkins)
Association Free Lutheran Bible School and Seminary (Plymouth)
Bethel University (Arden Hills)
College of St. Scholastica (Duluth)
College of Visual Arts (Saint Paul)
Concordia College, Moorhead (Moorhead)
Concordia University, Saint Paul (Saint Paul)
Crossroads College (Rochester)
Crown College (St. Bonifacius)
Dunwoody College of Technology (Minneapolis)
Luther Seminary (Saint Paul)
Martin Luther College (New Ulm)
Minneapolis College of Art and Design (Minneapolis)
Crossroads College (Rochester)
North Central University (Minneapolis)
Northwestern College (Roseville)
Oak Hills Christian College (Bemidji)
Pillsbury Baptist Bible College (Owatonna)
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota (Winona)
University Center Rochester (Rochester)
William Mitchell College of Law (Saint Paul)
Public Colleges and Universities:
U of M
University of Minnesota, Crookston (Crookston)
University of Minnesota, Duluth (Duluth)
University of Minnesota, Morris (Morris)
University of Minnesota, Rochester (Rochester)
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (Minneapolis, Falcon Heights)
State Universities:
Bemidji State University (Bemidji)
Metropolitan State University (St. Paul, Minneapolis)
Minnesota State University, Mankato (Mankato)
Minnesota State University, Moorhead (Moorhead)
St. Cloud State University (St. Cloud)
Southwest Minnesota State University (Marshall)
Winona State University (Winona, Rochester)
Community and Technical Colleges (2-year)
Alexandria Technical College (Alexandria)
Anoka Technical College (Anoka)
Anoka-Ramsey Community College (Coon Rapids, Cambridge)
Central Lakes College (Staples, Brainerd)
Century College (White Bear Lake)
Dakota County Technical College (Rosemount)
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College (Cloquet)
Hennepin Technical College (Brooklyn Park, Eden Prairie)
Hibbing Community College (Hibbing)
Inver Hills Community College (Inver Grove Heights)
Itasca Community College (Grand Rapids)
Lake Superior College (Duluth)
Mesabi Range Community & Technical College (Virginia, Eveleth)
Minneapolis Community and Technical College (Minneapolis)
Minnesota State College-Southeast Technical (Red Wing, Winona)
Minnesota State Community and Technical College (Detroit Lakes, Fergus Falls, Moorhead, Wadena)
Minnesota West Community & Technical College (Canby, Granite Falls, Jackson, Pipestone, Worthington)
Normandale Community College (Bloomington)
North Hennepin Community College (Brooklyn Park)
Northland Community & Technical College (East Grand Forks, Thief River Falls)
Pine Technical College (Pine City)
Rainy River Community College (International Falls)
Rasmussen College in St Cloud, Eden Prairie, Brooklyn Park, Lake Elmo, and Mankato
Ridgewater College (Hutchinson, Willmar)
Riverland Community College, (Albert Lea, Austin, Owatonna)
Rochester Community and Technical College (Rochester)
St. Cloud Technical College (St. Cloud)
Saint Paul College (Saint Paul)
South Central Technical College (Faribault, North Mankato)
Vermilion Community College (Ely)
For-profit Colleges and Universities:
Brown College (Mendota Heights)
Capella University (Minneapolis)
Crown College (St. Bonifacius)
Duluth Business University (Duluth)
Minnesota School of Business & Globe College (Brooklyn Center, Blaine, Oakdale, Plymouth, Richfield, Rochester, Shakopee, Saint Cloud)
Minnesota School of Cosmetology (Oakdale)
National American University (Brooklyn Center, Mall of America, Roseville)
Rasmussen College in St Cloud, Eden Prairie, Brooklyn Park, Lake Elmo, and Mankato
Walden University (Minneapolis)
Minnesota has professional men's teams in all major sports. The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome is home to the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League, and to the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball, winners of the 1987 and 1991 World Series. The Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association play in the Target Center. The National Hockey League's Minnesota Wild team has sold out more than 230 consecutive games in St. Paul's Xcel Energy Center.
Minor league baseball is represented both by major league-sponsored teams and independent teams such as the popular St. Paul Saints.
Professional women's sports include the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association, the Minnesota Vixen of the Women's Professional Football League, and the Minnesota Whitecaps of the National Women's Hockey League.
Minnesotans participate in high levels of physical activity, and many of these activities are outdoors. The strong interest of Minnesotans in environmentalism has been attributed to the popularity of these pursuits.
In the warmer months these activities often involve water. Weekend and longer trips to family cabins on Minnesota's numerous lakes are a way of life for many residents. Activities include water sports such as water skiing, which originated in the state, boating, canoeing, and fishing. More than 36% of Minnesotans fish, second only to Alaska.
Fishing does not cease when the lakes freeze; ice fishing has been around since the arrival of early Scandinavian immigrants. Minnesotans have learned to embrace their long, harsh winters in ice sports such as skating, hockey, curling, and broomball, and snow sports such as cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, and snowmobiling.
State and national forests and the 71 state parks are used year-round for hunting, camping, and hiking. There are almost 20,000 miles of snowmobile trails statewide. Minnesota has more miles of bike trails than any other state, and a growing network of hiking trails, including the 235-mile Superior Hiking Trail in the northeast. Many hiking and bike trails are used for cross-country skiing during the winter.
The Minnesota State Fair, advertised as The Great Minnesota Get-Together, is an icon of state culture. In a state of 5.1 million people, there were nearly 1.7 million visitors to the fair in 2006. The fair covers the variety of life in Minnesota, including fine art, science, agriculture, food preparation, 4H displays, music, the midway, and corporate merchandising. It is known for its displays of seed art, butter sculptures of dairy princesses, the birthing barn, and dozens of varieties of food on a stick, such as Pronto Pups, cheese curds, and deep fried candy bars. On a smaller scale, these attractions are also offered at the state's many county fairs.
Other large annual festivals include the Saint Paul Winter Carnival, Minneapolis' Aquatennial and Mill City Music Festival, Moondance Jam in Walker, and Detroit Lakes' 10,000 Lakes Festival and WE Fest.
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