1. Minnesota The Gopher State

2. The Minnesota state flag is royal blue, with a gold fringe. In the center of the flag is the state seal. Around the state seal is a wreath of the state flower, the lady slipper. Three dates are woven into the wreath: 1858, the year Minnesota became a state; 1819, the year Fort Snelling was established; and 1893, the year the official flag was adopted. Nineteen stars ring the wreath. The largest star represents Minnesota.

4. Minneapolis / St. Paul “The Twin Cities”

5. Iron ore is taken from the Mesabi Range and shipped through the Great Lakes to make steel

6. The Boundary Waters

7. Agriculture (2 nd biggest employer in Minnesota) Corn (4 th in U.S.) Corn (4 th in U.S.) Soybeans (3 rd in U.S.) Soybeans (3 rd in U.S.) Wild Rice (2 nd in U.S.) Wild Rice (2 nd in U.S.) Sugar Beets Sugar Beets Wheat Wheat Sweet Peas Sweet Peas Hogs Hogs Milk Cows Milk Cows Bison (2 nd in U.S.) Bison (2 nd in U.S.) Turkey (1 st in U.S.) Turkey (1 st in U.S.)

8. Minnesota has 10,000 lakes Minnesota has 22,000

9. Great Fishing Great Fishing

10. Minnesota has a lot of milling industries General Mills General Mills Nabisco Nabisco Pillsbury Pillsbury

11. Duluth / Superior: Busiest Great Lakes Seaport

12. Mall of America

14. Mayo Medical Center (in Rochester) (some of the best hospitals and clinics in the world)

15. Minneapolis “Skyway”: Because of the cold weather, many buildings are connected by a “skyway”

16. The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

17. Minnesota is called: The North Star State The North Star State The Land of 10,000 Lakes The Land of 10,000 Lakes The Bread and Butter State The Bread and Butter State The Gopher State The Gopher State