10.10.10

Minnesota Fun Facts

Posted in Fun Facts at 7:08 pm by www.beactiveminnesota.org

  • The Metrodome is the only sports venue where there has been a Super Bowl, a World Series, and an NCAA Final Four Basketball Championship.
  • During the winter of 1888, residents of St. Paul built an ice palace that was considered one of the largest buildings in the world, measuring 14 stories high and covering an acre of land.
  • The Mall of America in Bloomington is over 9.5 million square feet in size and showcases 500 specialty stores, 50 restaurants, 7 nightclubs and 14 movie theaters.
  • Because of its thousands of lakes, Minnesota has 90,000 miles of shoreline which is more than California, Florida and Hawaii combined.
  • Home base to some nifty inventions, Minnesota is proud to claim heritage to Scotch tape, Wheaties, Bisquick, the bundt pan, and the Snickers candy bar (not to mention SPAM).
  • The Minnesota Public Library was the first in the country to have a Children’s Department in 1889.
  • Minnesota was the leading producer of lumber between the 1860s and the early 1900s.
  • The three largest cities are Minneapolis, Saint Paul, and Rochester (in that order).
  • Some famous people hailing from Minnesota include F. Scott Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, Sinclair Lewis, and Richard W. Sears (founder of Sears, Roebuck and Company),

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