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Daybreak over Lake Superior, Minnesota (courtesy, Explore Minnesota Tourism)
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While California may seem like the logical state for grooming celebrities interested in transitioning into politics, Minnesota not only has an overabundance of homegrown names of the page, stage, screen, field, and dais (F. Scott Fitzgerald, Anne Bancroft, Prince, the Coen brothers, Bob Dylan, Garrison Keillor, and far too many more to name), but their present governor is former pro wrestler Jesse "The Body" Ventura. Of course, if cocktail party tidbits are indeed your forte, the state is chock full of even more Trivial Pursuit-worthy factoids. For instance, Minnesota isn't just the spawning ground for a veritable constellation of stars, it's also the birthplace of the most romanticized, written-about, and filmed rivers in the country, the Mississippi. In fact, Lake Itasca Park is the only spot of the 2,552 miles of the Mighty Miss that you can cross without the assistance of a bridge or boat. Minnesota is also the place where Scotch Tape, Rollerblades, Wheaties, Bisquick, the Bundt pan, the stapler, the Better Business Bureau, Green Giant vegetables, and Spam got their start. (There's even a museum dedicated to the meat product in Austin, MN.) Want to gawk at the world's largest ball of twine? The 17,400-pound behemoth is hunkered down in the city of Darwin.
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AttractionsGreat Lakes Aquarium
353 Harbor Dr.
Duluth, Minnesota 55802 Description: Visit Great Lakes Aquarium, a freshwater aquarium and home to river otters, regional birds, fish from Lake Superior, and seahorses. ... Read More
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Lake Superior Marine Museum
522 S. Lake Ave.
Duluth, Minnesota Description: Lake Superior is preserved in all its glory at the marine museum. The LSMM Association works... Read More
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International Wolf Center
1396 Hwy. 169
Ely, Minnesota 55731 Description: The International Wolf Center's mission is to advance the survival of wolf populations by teaching... Read More
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