About the Twin Cities
There’s something here for everyone
The Minneapolis/St. Paul area is home to great shopping, theaters, professional sports teams and world-class museums. What's more, Minnesotans enjoy high-quality education and the state is consistently ranked among the best for health, fitness and quality of life.
First, biggest, best!*
- Minneapolis has more theater seats per capita than any city outside of New York.
- The area is home to the largest enclosed mall in the country -
Mall of America.
- More golfers per capita than any city in the country.
One of the only national scenic byways located entirely in an urban area.
- Tops for families in 2005: MSN & Citysearch named Mall of America 2nd in family adventures and 7th for best road trip. It also named the Science Museum of Minnesota the 10th best children's museum in the country.
- A 2005 study by Milken Institute's Life Sciences Index rated the Minneapolis metro
area as the 8th most vibrant life sciences
cluster, and the leader in the medical
devices industry.
- Minneapolis was named 1 of 5 up-and-coming destinations in 2006 by Travel + Leisure magazine.
- Click here for more facts and accolades.
To learn more about the area, we invite you to explore the links below.
About St. Paul
About Minneapolis
Education
Sports
Other interesting sites
*From www.minneapolis.org