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Minnesota Vacation.

Minnesota is a Midwestern state of the United States.

Regions in Minnesota : Minneapolis / St. Paul metropolitan area, Northwest Angle, Iron Range, Arrowhead, Pipestone, Central Minnesota and Southeast Minnesota

Cities Minnesota : Bloomington, Duluth, Minneapolis, Rochester, Saint Cloud, Saint Paul.

State Capital Minnesota : Saint Paul


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Camping & Campgrounds

 Go Camping America
 Koa  -  Campgrounds of America
 National Park Service Campground and Tour Reservation Site
 Funroads  -  Get Outta Town!
At Funroads.com, you'll find everything you need to organize your next RV trip, so you can relax and enjoy the process. In Get Outta Town, we can help you: Plan your trip and count the days until you depart, Get a map and driving directions, Check on the weather forecast, Find easy-to-make recipes for meals and snacks en route.

Car Rental Minnesota

 Alamo  -  Luxury Discount Auto Rental Company
 Avis
 Budget Rent A Car
 Dollar Rent A Car

Hostels

 Hostelbookers  -  Great Hostels, Free booking, Fast & Easy to use
Hostelbookers.com is one of the worlds largest online booking services for hostels. All hostels you see here are offering realtime prices and availability.
 IYHF  -  International Youth Hostel Federation

Hotels Minnesota

 HotelCentraUSA
Search and compare rates at USA hotels. They offer hotels ideal for business and leisure travel. You're sure to find an ideal hotel room to match your budget and desired comfort level. 
 USA Lodging
With a list of over 60,000 accommodations establishments, this directory is an impressive list of motels and hotels on the web. Use the search tool to find what you're looking for in seconds, or navigate to your destination city from the list of states.
 Hotels.com

 Brainerd Resorts Minnesota MN Conference Golf Resort Craguns 
Year-round resort getaway destination offering more of everything for your vacation - at the best value of any Minnesota resort! You'll enjoy all the water sports, including boating, skiing, fishing and sunbathing on the mile-long sandy beach. Our full-service marina has complete rentals and fishing guide service. Want more fun ? There are hiking, biking and X-C ski trails, indoor and outdoor pools, tennis courts, indoor Sports Centre, bonfires on the beach and more.
 Breezy Point Resort
Located on Pelican Lake near Brainerd Minnesota it offesr families one of the most beautiful vacation experiences or golf vacations available in the northwoods of Minnesota. 

National Parks

 National Park Service  -  National Parks in the USA
The NPS works with communities to preserve and care for neighborhood treasures. They also work with teachers to create unique opportunities for students to learn about history at the real places where events unfolded.

Tour Operators / Travel Agents



 Explore Minnesota  -  Discover New Territory
 Saint Paul Tourism 
Saint Paul ... home to fabulous events throughout the spring, like the Spring Flower Show at the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory at Como Park. Whether you're planning to visit for a convention or meeting, visiting friends and family or spending some time vacationing, we know you'll enjoy a capital time in Saint Paul.

Travel Guides Minnesota / Related books

Books about Minnesota 

Moon Minnesota -  by Tim Bewer (Author)
Book Description : From the old European charm of St. Paul and sophistication of Minneapolis to the tall grass of the Prairie land and the quaint towns along the Mississippi, Moon Minnesota is the essential guidebook to make your visit truly unique. The thriving Twin Cities nightlife bustles with places like Whiskey Junction and Fitzgerald Theater, Duluth's historic inns recapture Victorian allure, while Bluff County boasts of the humorous SPAM Museum.
Tim Bewer brings years of travel writing to the table in this second edition of Moon Minnesota.
Paperback: 480 pages; Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing; 2.00 edition (January 2, 2007); Language: English; ISBN-10: 1566919274; ISBN-13: 978-1566919272
Cabins of Minnesota - Minnesota Byways
by Bill Holm (Author), Doug Ohman (Photographer)
Book Description : The lake cabin. Early mornings on the sleeping porch, lunches on the dock, late-night cleanings in the fish house. But Minnesota's seasonal getaways aren't limited to its bountiful lakes: vacationers trek to hideaways in the woods, to ice shacks along the Mississippi River; even out to cottages beside the highways, relics from the days when farmers rented vacation places along cornfields and cow pastures.
Popular photographer Doug Ohman and renowned writer and poet Bill Holm highlight the state's unique and treasured cabins—a vintage Fredenberg Lake compound near Duluth; the celebrated mom-and-pop Fairyland Cabins of Detroit Lakes; a cabin situated on top of a pontoon in Rose Lake. Holm's eclectic prose combines stories of the ancient and new and illuminates the rewards of the cabin life: "the pleasures of fishing, daydreaming, sunset watching and star counting, the leisure to take stock of one's life without the surround -sound noise of the new wired century. In a cabin retreat," he writes, "pleasure overcomes duty for a little while."
Hardcover: 128 pages; Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press (May 15, 2007); Language: English; ISBN-10: 0873515498; ISBN-13: 978-0873515498

Transport / How do I travel in Minnesota

 Minneapolis Airport  -  Located just 8-1/2 miles from downtown Saint Paul
 Bemidji Regional Airport 
 Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport  -  218-828-0572
 Chisholm-Hibbing Airport
Location in northern Minnesota has a lot to offer the people in the area along with customers that fly into the Chisholm-Hibbing Airport. Close to the airport are many outdoor treasures including top golf courses, fishing, hunting, skiing and many other outdoor activities.
 Duluth International Airport
 International Falls Airport  -  218-283-4461
 Thief River Falls Regional Airport  -  218-681-7680
 Rochester International Airport
 St. Cloud Regional Airport

  Airline Tickets / Bargain Flights  -  Flights to Minnesota

 Northwest
 American Airlines
 Northwest Airlink / Mesaba Airlines [ St. Cloud ]

 Amtrak  -  American Railways
An Amtrak train route runs along the Mississippi river in Minnesota, with stops in Minneapolis, Red Wing, and Winona, among others.

 Greyhound Lines  -  Coach Line

 Minnesota Department of Transportation [ Mn/DOT ]
 Metro Transit [ Minneapolis / St. Paul ]

 Maps of Minnesota [ Uni Texas  - Perry-Castañeda Library  -  Map Collection ]
 Mapblast! Driving Directions  -  streetmaps etc.
Provides interactive maps and driving directions, as well as extensive information on services and products near a user's address or travel route.
 Mc Nally  -  Route Planner Minnesota / USA
 Multimap.com


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 Travel Insurance

 Explore Minnesota  -  Discover New Territory
Think you know Minnesota pretty well? Chances are there are large parts of it you've never explored. For instance, the Northwest Angle at the top of the state, or the sights in scenic Bluff Country. Or a gorgeous waterfall in the southwest corner of the state, at Pipestone National Monument, where you can also learn about Minnesota's Indian heritage and crafts and a special stone quarry.
Part of the fun is sharing the trip with someone special. A Minnesota getaway is a great chance to escape the bustle and demands of everyday life, relax and enjoy each other's company. Reconnect with your spouse or kids, extended family and friends. Discover new territory together.

 State of Minnesota [ government ]

 Saint Paul Tourism 
Saint Paul ... home to fabulous events throughout the spring, like the Spring Flower Show at the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory at Como Park.  Whether you're planning to visit for a convention or meeting, visiting friends and family or spending some time vacationing, we know you'll enjoy a capital time in Saint Paul.
 City of Saint Paul  -  State Capital Minnesota
St. Paul sits on the Mississippi River next to Minnesota's largest city, Minneapolis. Together [ and with surrounding suburbs ], they are known as the Twin Cities.

 Arrowhead Region
The Arrowhead Region is quite rugged and dotted with hundreds of lakes, and is home to Voyageurs National Park, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, and the Superior Hiking Trail, which lie amidst the Superior National Forest.
Comprises Carlton, Cook, Lake and St. Louis Counties. Aitkin, Itasca, and Koochiching Counties are also sometimes considered as part of the region.
 Arrowhead  -  Heart of the Arrowhead Association  -  Lake Superior's beautiful North Shore.
From the time of the early settlers, till present day, the area has drawn people to the natural beauty of the area. Moose, deer, black bear and grouse wander the forest freely. Sit by a campfire on a starry night and you may see the spectacular view of the Northern Lights or hear the lonesome cry of the loon. Gamefish and panfish can be found on any of the area lakes and streams.
Spend a relaxing day looking for agates along Lake Superior or the numerous rivers and then treat yourself to a truly memorable dinner of local cuisine at one of the areas fine restaurants. 
The Heart of the Arrowhead offers some of the most scenic snowmobile and hiking trails to be found. The Superior Hiking Trail and the North Shore Ski Trail offer miles of unsurpassed beauty.
 Iron Range  -  northeastern section of Minnesota
"The Range", as it is known by locals, is a region with multiple distinct bands of iron ore.
The area includes hundreds of small lakes, and is home to the Chippewa National Forest and Superior National Forest.
The area consists of seven counties: Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, and St. Louis.
 Central Minnesota and Southeast Minnesota
Central Minnesota [ Alexandria, Bemidji, Brainerd, Detroit Lakes, Fergus Falls, Grand Rapids, Little Falls, Saint Cloud and Wadena ]. Southeastern Minnesota [ area of Southeastern Minnesota which is outside of the Twin Cities Metro Area. The largest city of Southeast Minnesota is Rochester. Other major cities include Winona, Owatonna, Faribault, Northfield, Austin and Red Wing ].
 Minneapolis / St. Paul metropolitan area
The Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul and the surrounding area is the most highly populated area in Minnesota and the 15th-largest metropolitan area in the United States.
 Northwest Angle  - see North West Angle Chamber Of Commerce
A small part of northern Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota that is the only part of the United States outside of Alaska that is north of the 49th parallel.
The area offers much to do including: world class fishing, outstanding birding, hiking, golfing, boating, snowmobiling, sight seeing, and many other activities including touring historical sites.
 Pipestone  -  see Piipestoneminnesota.com  -  home of the Peacepipe
Area in southwestern Minnesota. The area was named for its supply of pipestone a type of limestone which local Indians carved into pipes. The area is also noted for quartzite quarries.

 Detroit Lakes  -  Visit Detroit Lakes
More than 400 lakes within 25 miles of Detroit Lakes in west central Minnesota. Whether you are looking for a nature getaway, an active family vacation, a memorable convention or a pampered rest, we have something for you.
 Granite Country
Home to the popular St. Cloud and Central Lakes area, this inviting Minnesota destination will provide you with a warm and memorable experience.
Destinations : City of Cold Spring, City of Princeton, City of St. Augusta, City of St. Cloud, City of St. Joseph
 Lake of the Woods
65,000 miles of shoreline, 14,582 islands, 90 miles long, 55 miles wide and some of the best fishing anywhere!
 Lake Superior
 Leech Lake Area [ Walker ]
The Leech Lake Area offers memorable year round vacation adventures, with a variety of recreational activities including world-class fishing, hunting, great golfing, hiking, biking, skiing, and snowmobiling on hundreds of miles of woodland trails.
The Walker Lakes Area is home to an array of unique festivals celebrating every season. There are accommodations to meet every need from quiet campgrounds and family resorts to elegant hotels, quaint Bed & Breakfasts and adventurous houseboats.
Hunt waterfowl on our thousands of acres of lakes and rivers. Search the Chippewa National Forest for white tail deer. The Leech Lake Area offers diverse fishing with a variety of species. Experience the thrill and excitement when the last cast snags the big one. Walleye, Northern Pike, Muskie, Bass, Panfish, we have it all. 
 Mille Lacs 
The Mille Lacs Lake area is Cool in Summer! Hot in Winter! But to really appreciate our area, stay awhile, because most of our secrets are shared only with those who take the time to get to know us. Visit us during any season and discover our good nature from a fairway, a snowmobile trail, a bike path, a lawn chair on a sandy beach or the porch of a cozy resort cabin.
Communities Mille Lacs : Cove, Garrison, Isle, Malmo, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, Onamia, Wahkon, Wealthwood.
 Minnesota Northwoods 
Vacationing in the Minnesota Northwoods offers unique opportunities for families, fishermen, outdoor enthusiasts and those who simply want to get away from the stresses of everyday life. 
Destinations : Bemidji, Blackduck, Cass Lake, Leech Lake/Walker, Park Rapids, Grand Rapids
 Northcentral-West Minnesota 
 North Shore State Trail
Connecting St. Louis County with Cook County, and the numerous spur trails.
 Park Rapids Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce
Park Rapids is the Gateway to Itasca State Park and home of the historically famous Heartland Trail.
Minnesota's Park Rapids Lakes Area offers a high quality of life. Whether you choose to vacation, work or move to the land of lakes, loons and legends, you will be happy you did. The Park Rapids Lakes Area has hundreds of lakes, surrounded by five state forests. Shopping, indoor and outdoor recreation and restaurant choices abound.
Towns Park Rapids : Akeley, Dorset, Lake George, Menahga, Nevis, Park Rapids
 Sawtooth Mountains  -  Minnesota's only 'mountains"

 Alexandria Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce 
Alexandria is located in West Central Minnesota, where the prairie meets the forest and over 375 glacier formed, pristine lakes are nestled in the trees & rolling hills just waiting for you!
 Baudette  -  City of Baudette [ Lake of the Woods ]
Baudette, the Walleye Capital of the World, is located just south of Lake of the Woods on State Highways 11 and 172. It is also located near Zippel Bay State Park and Beltrami Island State Forest. Baudette is an attractive community in an area known for its year round fishing and many outdoor activities. Baudette is home to many fine businesses, Specialty shops, restaurants, motels and resorts with facilities to serve you when you are in the region. One attraction in Baudette is Willie the Walleye. He turned 40 years old in 1999 and each June the City of Baudette celebrates his birthday.
 Bemidji  -  Visit Bemidji  -  The First City on the Mississippi
In northern Minnesota, Bemidji is near Itasca State Park, Lake Bemidji State Park, state forest areas, the Chippewa National Forest, and has 400 fishing lakes within 25 miles.
 Bloomington  -  Bloomington
 Crookston Convention & Visitors Bureau
Crookston, Minnesota is a warm and friendly community with just over 8,000 people. Located in the heart of the Red River Valley, it lies on the banks of the Red Lake River.
Crookston provides several recreational opportunities. These include, golfing, birding, bowling, summer and ice fishing on the Red Lake River, swimming, snowmobiling, browsing our beautiful public library, taking a stroll on one of our walking and biking paths, or relaxing in one of the city's seventeen parks.
 Duluth  -  Duluth
 East Grand Forks  -  Visit Grand Forks
Get away to the Red River Valley where the great outdoors meet the friendly towns of Grand Forks, ND and East Grand Forks, MN.
Your two-state adventure will span both banks of the Red River as you enjoy grand dining, shopping, the great outdoors, UND and the heritage of the upper Midwest.
 Fergus Falls Convention & Visitors Bureau
Fergus Falls has wonderful museums, historic buildings, a performing arts center that brings a wide range of programs, shopping - from national chain stores to boutiques and antiques, a nature learning center, world -class horse arena and fabulous biking/walking/snowmobiling trails. Our location as an anchor to the Pine to Prairie Birding Trail and Otter Trail Scenic Byway have people flocking to see what the buzz is about. Don't forget about our lakes. Over 1,000 lakes in the area call people to fish, boat, ski and relax.
 Little Falls  -  Where the Mississippi pauses... discovery begins
Overflowing with history and tradition, Little Falls is a place where young and old alike immerse themselves in the many attractions and events that speak of life along the banks of the mighty Mississippi. Here, where memories have been made, we invite you to come and make your own.
 Minneapolis  -  Minneapolis
 Moorhead  -  Fargo-Moorhead Convention & Visitors Bureau
The Fargo-Moorhead Convention & Visitors Bureau exists to promote Fargo, North Dakota, and Moorhead, Minnesota as a destination for visitors, tour groups, business travel, conventions, sporting events and trade shows. We promote and market all our community has to offer: excellent, affordable lodging, over 200 restaurants, shopping, great golf, unique attractions, year-round festivals, concerts, theatre and entertainment.
 Park Rapids  -  Itasca Area Lakes Tourism Association 
Our Resorts, Campgrounds, and Lodging Facilities are located in the Dorset, Nevis, and Park Rapids Minnesota Area. We are only a short drive from Itasca State Park, "Home of the Mississippi Headwaters".
The area offers pristine northwood pines, exceptionally clean lakes and waters, always good fishing (fishing skills may vary), swimming, excellent golf courses, biking, hiking, planned children and adult activities, restaurants and shopping.
 Rochester  -  Rochester
 Saint Cloud  - St Cloud

 Magazine  -  Minnesota Monthly Magazine
Minnesota Monthly is the region's most widely circulated lifestyle magazine, catering to a well-educated, affluent audience. Key topics—mainly with a strong focus on Minnesota—include politics, education and healthcare. Minnesota Monthly is also a popular resource for local entertainment, travel, arts and dining opportunities.
 News - StarTribune
 Radio - Minnesota Public Radio
Minnesota Public Radio® is one of the nation's premier public radio organizations. With headquarters in the heart of downtown St. Paul, Minnesota Public Radio operates a regional network of 37 stations, covering Minnesota and parts of Wisconsin, the Dakotas, Michigan, Iowa and Idaho.
 TV  -  KSTP 
 TV  -  WCCO
 University  -  St. Cloud State University
 University  -  University of Minnesota

Cuisine - Minnesota Cooking

 Pride of the Prairy  -  food from the farms of Upper Minnesota Valley
 Northern Plains Potato Growers Association - see Consumer / Great Potatoe Recipes
 Wild Rice  -  Authentic Minnesota Wild Rice Recipes
Wild rice is native to the United States and grows in fresh water and in brackish swamps from New England to Texas to North Dakota. But, its greatest abundance has always been in the State of Minnesota.
 Herald Journal Recipes
Herald Journal : newspaper serving Howard Lake, Lester Prairie, Mayer, Montrose, New Germany, Waverly, and Winsted, Minnesota.

History of Minnesota

 Minnesota Historical Society
The Minnesota Historical Society is a private, non-profit educational and cultural institution established in 1849 to preserve and share Minnesota history. The Society collects, preserves and tells the story of Minnesota's past through interactive and engaging museum exhibits, extensive libraries and collections, 25 historic sites, educational programs and book publishing.
 Minnesota History Timeline
 History of Minnesota [ Wikipedia ]

 National Park Service - Links to the past
Explore America's cultural resources - buildings, landscapes, archeological sites, ethnographic resources, objects and documents, structures and districts.

Music, Art & Culture, Events & Entertainment

 Mall of America  -  largest fully enclosed retail and entertainment complex in the US
 St. Paul Winter Carnival, Saint Paul
A long, long time ago, Astraios, the god of Starlight, and Eos, the goddess of the Rosy Fingered moon, were wed. The union wasblessed with five sons; Boreas, Titan, Euros, Zephyrus and Notos. As the eldest, Boreas was granted the title of "King of the Winds"....

 Ticketmaster.com  -  Concerts, Sports, Theater

Web Portals / Search Engine / Minnesota Directories

 Helloduluth.com 
 Minnesota.uscity.net
 MN Web Directory
 Yahoo - Minnesota

 American Discovery Trail
 Online Highways  -  destination guides
 Roadside America  -  online guide to offbeat tourist attractions
 Theme Parks USA
Directory of Theme Parks, Amusement Parks, Waterparks & Zoos

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