Minnesota Fun Facts
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Grand Marais in northern Minnesota
• The settlement which eventually became the city of Saint Paul was originally named Pig's Eye
• Minnesota's Anoka County hosted the first-ever organized Halloween celebration in the United States
• Minnesota's water flows in three different directions: North to Canada's Hudson Bay, East to the Atlantic Ocean, and South to the Gulf of Mexico.
• Aside from New York City, the Twin Cities is the only other place in the United States that is home to two full-time orchestras: The Minnesota Orchestra and The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
• In 1994, Lake County, MN had 36 inches of snow in 24 hours--that's 3 feet in one day, or 1.5 inches every hour!
• The name "Minnesota" is derived from a Dakota Sioux word meaning "sky waters"
• The Land of 10,000 Lakes actually has 11,842 lakes!
• Minnesota's Anoka County hosted the first-ever organized Halloween celebration in the United States
• Minnesota's water flows in three different directions: North to Canada's Hudson Bay, East to the Atlantic Ocean, and South to the Gulf of Mexico.
• Aside from New York City, the Twin Cities is the only other place in the United States that is home to two full-time orchestras: The Minnesota Orchestra and The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
• In 1994, Lake County, MN had 36 inches of snow in 24 hours--that's 3 feet in one day, or 1.5 inches every hour!
• The name "Minnesota" is derived from a Dakota Sioux word meaning "sky waters"
• The Land of 10,000 Lakes actually has 11,842 lakes!