- Starting in 1880 and for 50 years after, Minneapolis was known as the Flour Capital of the World
- St. Anthony Falls, in Minneapolis, is the only true waterfall on the entire Mississippi River
- The Minneapolis airport gets 47% of its revenue from concessions, 34% from airline charges, and 19% from ground rental, lease rental, tenant utilities payments, general aviation, and miscellaneous sources
- In 2012, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis hosted the world’s first Internet Cat Video Festival with more than 10,000 attendees
- With 17, including Target, Best Buy, General Mills, and Land O’Lakes, the greater Twin Cities area has one of the highest concentrations of Fortune 500 Company headquarters in the country
- St. Paul has more shoreline along the Mississippi River than any other city
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow based his poem “The Song of Hiawatha” on Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis
- Minneapolis has more golfers per capita than any other American city
