City Guide:
Minneapolis is a hipper version of its twinned neighbor – St Paul.
Grounded in competitive relationship with its neighbor, Minneapolis has already surpassed St Paul in terms of its unique character, style, and strength. Artistic and chic about lifestyle and modern when it comes to architecture, Minneapolis has its own appeal.
Locals joke that their city is better to live in than to visit and you can see this for yourself with Booked.net. Be it a room in cheap hotel in Minneapolis to a lap of luxuries all listed with maps, photos and secure forms at Booked.net.
Even though Minneapolis rejects any attempts to place it on a par with St Paul, yet Minneapolis is not so far away from it. Actually, both cities are complementary if you speak about their high quality of life.
Are there many places than can boast of social awareness and low crime rates? Minneapolis can, as this is a city with a carefree heart and life in its art centers, galleries, and museums.
Attractions include;
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Cedar Lake features a swimming beach
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Minneapolis' American Swedish Institute provides an insight to the Swedish-American history
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The Bell Museum of Natural History dates back to 1872 and is dedicated to Minnesota's wildlife
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Minneapolis Sculpture Garden exhibits a collection of 8,000 artworks
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Park at MOA covers more than seven acre of land packed with amusements
Minneapolis won popularity through The Malcolm E. Willey House listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This unique building was designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in the early 1930s.
Minneapolis is the only city nestled on Saint Anthony Falls, a unique waterfall on the Mississippi River. The city learned to profit from its setting and by the 1930s earned the fame as "the greatest direct-drive waterpower center the world has ever seen." It means that the land of Minneapolis is a real whirlwind of energy and the largest mills specializing in cotton, paper, sashes, and wood processing are in the area.
Along with industrial flourish the city of Minneapolis boasts of cultural tapestry with notable architecture in the city. Thanks to renewal projects that took a hold onto the city in 1950s, deep water lakes in Minneapolis share one space with glittering skyscrapers, modern shopping centers and upscale dining.
You can discover how the city makes it all come together only on your stay there. With Booked.net a stay in Minneapolis has been never easier.
