About
Minneapolis

Separated by the mighty Mississippi, the Twin Cities are home to some 2.5 million people. With a low crime rate, a clean, attractive setting, and plenty of cultural attractions, the Minneapolis area is considered one of the best places in the country to live - harsh winters, excepted. The more modern of the Twin Cities, Minneapolis is the proud home of the Metro Dome and a sprawling city-center whose glass and steel skyscrapers seem to reach for the future. Urbanization aside, the city also boasts the world-famous Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and the Guthrie Theater, birthplace of the American Regional professional theater movement. In addition to the Mississippi, the area has numerous bodies of water - Lake Calhoun, Lake Harriet and the Lake of Isles provide plenty of outdoor recreation in the warm months. For shoppers, the colossal Mall of America, the world’s largest indoor shopping complex, offers an amusement park, an aquarium, and over 500 stores. The area is also a hotbed for music, having produced Prince and alternative legends, The Replacements.