State MINNESOTA

MINNEAPOLIS
(airport) (hotel guide) (regional info)
Best Western Normandy Inn & City Place Suites
Courtyard by Marriott Downtown Minneapolis at the Depot
Doubletree Guest Suites Minneapolis
Doubletree Minneapolis Park Place Hotel
Embassy Suites Minneapolis Downtown
Four Points by Sheraton Minneapolis
Grand Hotel Minneapolis
Graves 601 Hotel
Hilton Minneapolis And Towers
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Downtown Minneapolis
Hyatt Regency Minneapolis
LORING PARK CITY APARTMENTS
Marriott Minneapolis City Center
Millennium Hotel Minneapolis
Minneapolis-Days Inn Univ Of Minn
OAKWOOD AT SYMPHONY PLACE
Radisson Plaza Hotel Minneapolis
Radisson University Hotel
Ramada Inn Downtown Minneapolis
Residence Inn By Marriott Minneapolis Downtown
Residence Inn Minneapolis at The Depot by Marriott
Sheraton Bloomington Hotel, Minneapolis South
Springhill Suites Minneapolis St Louis Park by Marriott
The Marquette
TownePlace Suites Minneapolis Downtown by Marriott

> more regional information about Minneapolis Minnesota

Commonly known as the Twin Cities, MINNEAPOLIS (a hybrid Sioux/Greek word meaning "water city") 
and ST PAUL are competitive yet complementary. Fraternally rather than identically twinned, they may be 
even better places to live than they are to visit, thanks to their good looks, cleanliness, cultural activity, 
social awareness and relatively low crime rates. About thirty of Fortune Magazine's 500 top corporations 
are based here; many extend substantial financial support to local arts, community projects and sports. 

Life for a majority of Twin Citians seems so vibrantly wholesome that the most significant threat would 
appear to be their own creeping complacency. 

St Paul has been called "the last city of the east," making Minneapolis across the curving Mississippi 
"the first city of the west." Only a twenty-minute expressway ride separates their respective downtowns, 
but each has its own character, style and strengths. St Paul , the state capital - originally called Pig's Eye, 
after a scurrilous French-Canadian fur trader who sold whisky at a Mississippi River landing in the 1840s - 
is the staid, slightly older sibling, careful to preserve its buildings and traditions. Its residents are mainly 
German, Irish and Catholic. The compact but stately downtown is built, like Rome, on seven hills: 
the Capitol and the Cathedral occupy one each, august monuments that keep the city mindful of its responsibilities. 

Minneapolis , founded on money generated by the Mississippi's hundreds of flour and saw mills, is livelier, 
artier and more modern, with skyscraping, up-to-date architecture and an upbeat and even brash attitude 
that never quite jeopardizes its essential affability. The mostly Slavonic, Nordic and Lutheran residents are 
spread over wider ground than in St Paul, with dozens of lakes and parks to underscore the city's appeal. 

The home-grown superstar Prince and the recording company Flyte Tyme cast a global spotlight on the local music scene.

MORE REGIONAL LINKS

City of Minneapolis
Minneapolis Convention and Visitors Association
Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce
The Childrens Theatre
University of Minnesota




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