From sleeping in a sod house bed-and-breakfast near Laura Ingalls Wilder's real little house on the prairie to marveling at Claes Oldenburg's wondrous Spoonbridge and Cherry fountain sculpture in Minneapolis's popular Sculpture Garden, The Minnesota Guide is the perfect traveler's companion to all the state's wonder and beauty.
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Land of 10,000 lakes reads the legend on Minnesota license plates. In reality, there are more than 15,000 lakes-and that's only if you count the big ones. Minnesota's name is synonymous with tranquil lakes, the loon's haunting call, and farmland stretching over rolling hills. From the prairies in the southwest to the rocky, pine-rimmed north shore of Lake Superior, this is a land rich in beauty. As you learn more about the state that spawned Garrison Keillor's popular Lake Wobegon Days, you'll come away with an appreciation for the state's many charms, as well as with a store of fun facts including these: The Twin Cities-St. Paul and Minneapolis-are second only to New York City in the number of theaters per capita; "Minnesota" is composed of 2 Dakota words that mean cloudy or sky-tinted waters; and over 250,000 Minnesotans take to the ice in winter to fish-Minnesota also ranks first in the nation in the number of fishing licenses per capita.
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Anne Gilespie Lewis is a third-generation Minnesotan. She has been a sportswriter for the Minneapolis Star and her travel and food stories have appeared in Better Homes and Garden, Ladies' Home Journal, The Boston Globe and The Denver Post.
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Black and white the State is not,
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As a former resident of Minnesota I bought this book hoping that it would give me some ideas of what to see and do in Minnesota when I come back to visit. The book is not badly put together, but in the end I sent it back for this reason: there is not a single color photo in the entire book, and the black and white pictures are very poorly reproduced. In some cases it is difficult to make out the picture at all. I have purchased many dozens of guide books to places all over the world and I have never seen one where the pictures are poor quality black and white. Unfortunately it was not possible to know this in advance as the "see inside this book" feature was not available. I must say that I did not get much past the pictures to see if the descriptions were any good. For $22 I wanted color pictures and a bit more modern layout.
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be very careful when ordering this book.i borrowed an older copy from my library wich was in color(this one i would have given a 5 star rating)but the one i paid for was cheaply done in black&white.try to find an older one used (it it's worth it just for the color photos at a much more affor dable price than $21.95 wich gets a zero on my rating
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It so well written and full of good information for making ones trips in Minnesota wonderful.
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