Minneapolis, Minnesota, is the land of 10,000 lakes-and so much more!

A GREAT PLACE TO DO BUSINESS
• Home to 19 Fortune 500 companies including Target Corporation, Best Buy and 3M
• Named top tech city in the nation by Popular Science
• Named best city for entrepreneurs by Entrepreneurs.com
• The first open heart surgery and bone marrow transplant in the United States were done at the University of Minnesota
• Products invented in Minnesota: Post-it¬ Notes, Rollerblade® brand in-line skates, water skis, ThinsulateTM, Scotch® Tape, Spam® and more
• Named coolest community in the country for young talent by Next Generation Consulting

A GREAT PLACE TO RELAX
• Experience our 57 museums; only Washington, D.C., and Chicago have more
• The Walker Art Center is considered “possibly America’s best contemporary art museum” by Newsweek
• Take in a show. We offer more theaters per capita than any other U.S. city outside of New York
• Named one of the 15 best cities in North America for mountain biking by Bike magazine
• Dine at Solera, one of the world’s top 10 new restaurants according to Food & Wine magazine
• Shop ’til you drop at the Mall of America, only minutes away from downtown-you’ll especially enjoy that there’s no sales tax on clothing in Minnesota!
• Get your feet wet, literally. There are 22 lakes within the city limits and 12,034 throughout the state.