On this day, 163 years ago, Minnesota became the 32nd state.
It will always be #1 in my heart.
Minnesotan is the adjective I use to describe myself first before anything else. I am so proud to be from this land of 10,000 lakes. Like my hometown’s leading lady said in her most famous of roles, there is no place like home.
Say it again, sister.
To show that we are truly like no other place, I compiled a list of 163 great things that are uniquely Minnesotan. See any of your favorites here?
- Lake Superior
- Tater Tot Hot Dish
- Spaghetti Hot Dish
- Snickers Pie
- Mall of America
- The Oregon Trail
- Orpheum Theatre
- Prince
- Minnesota Twins
- Angus
- Semisonic
- Mitch Hedberg
- Glensheen Mansion
- Target
- “Ope”
- The Zipper Merge
- Paul Wellstone
- Headwaters of the Mississippi
- Eagle Mountain
- Devil’s Kettle
- “Oh for cute!”
- Sax-Zim Bog
- William A. Irving/Haunted Ship
- 3M Scotch Tape
- Post-It Notes
- Charles A. Lindbergh
- Father Baraga’s Cross
- Ely, just in general
- Gunflint Trail
- Tippi Hedren (The Birds)
- BWCA
- Big Fish Supper Club
- ValleyFair
- Nick Swardson
- Princess Kay of the Milky Way
- Stella Maris Chapel
- Twister
- Minneapolis Millerettes
- Jessica Lange
- Bisquick
- Drop Dead Gorgeous
- Split Rock Lighthouse
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
- “Uffda!”
- Top the Tater
- Frozen Minnehaha Falls
- Hormel Foods
- Pop
- Sven and Ole’s
- Duck, Duck, Grey Duck
- Caribou Coffee
- Sean William Scott (aka Stiffler from American Pie)
- Block Heaters
- Meat Raffle
- Invented Apples
- Skol
- Purple Rain
- Purple Reign
- Mayo Clinic
- The Coen Brothers
- Toastmaster, the first pop-up toaster
- Stone Arch Bridge (Minneapolis)
- Minnesota State Highway 38
- Terry Gilliam
- Maroon and Gold
- The Bundt Pan
- Mallrats
- Mukluks
- Summit Brewing
- Surly Brewing
- Crave
- Pizza Luce
- Cameron Coffee
- Ecolab
- Milky Way Candy Bar
- Walter Mondale
- Sugar Lake – Grand Rapids, MN
- James Arness (from Gunsmoke)
- Peter Graves (from Airplaine…James’s brother)
- The Mighty Ducks
- Grocery Bags with Handles
- Cathedral of St. Paul
- 200K+ hectare of state parks
- Dayton’s
- Northwest Angle
- Microwave Popcorn
- Josh Hartnett
- Concordia Language Village
- Taconite Pellets
- Bob Dylan
- Inline Skates (aka Rollerblades)
- Juicy Lucy
- The North Stars
- The Twins
- The Rembrants
- Betty’s Pies
- Lea Thompson (Back to the Future trilogy)
- Cascade River State Park
- Fargo
- Minnesota Wild Rice
- Abdallah Candies
- Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
- Edina Galleria
- Cosetta’s
- Lake Superior Lake Glass
- Duluth, in general
- The Iron Range
- Boomtown
- Metrodome (RIP)
- Duluth Pack
- Waterskis
- The Andrews Sisters
- The Loon
- 50th and France
- Izzy’s Ice Cream
- 90K miles of shoreline
- Dr. Demento
- Chanhassen Dinner Theatre (the largest one of its kind)
- Polaris Industries
- Aveda
- The Lost 40
- Joyce Estate
- Greyhound Bus
- Tobie’s
- Halsey Hal
- Minnesota 210
- Green Giant
- Wheaties
- The Stapler
- Tonka Trucks
- The Paul Bunyan Statues
- Rice Cakes
- The Hull-Rust Mine
- Chris Pratt
- First Avenue
- Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport
- Grumpy Old Men
- Guthrie Theatre
- Trampled by Turtles
- Como Zoo
- Sun Country
- Boxed Cake Mix
- Vince Vaughn
- Maurice’s
- General Mills
- Lunds & Byerlys
- Schwan’s (were you even a kid without Silver Mint Bars?)
- Creative Memories
- Minnesota State Fair
- Judy Garland
- Lake Bemidji
- Zubaz
- Pacemakers
- Airplane Oxygen Masks
- National Eagle Center
- Temple Israel, Minneapolis
- Gold Medal Flour Sign
- Better Business Bureau
- Great Northern Railroad
- Nerf Ball
- Breathe Right Nasal Strip
- In-the-ear Hearing Aids
- Target Field (had to end with Target somehow…)
So diverse, so different…so Minnesotan. What is YOUR favorite part of Minnesota?
Kayla Lee is a Minnesota-based wedding and elopement photographer. She provides services to elegant, authentic, sentimental couples who not only choose their own adventures, but also live them to the fullest! See more about the KLP Wedding Experience!
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