ABOUT MINNESOTA:

All About Minnesota
http://www.state.mn.us/aam/
All about Minnesota - from where it got its name to its official state muffin!

Explore Minnesota!
http://www2.exploreminnesota.com/
Information from the Minnesota Tourism Department about things to see and do in Minnesota.

Facts and Figures
http://www.dted.state.mn.us/05x00f.asp
"Compare Minnesota" business, industry, and quality of life, and see if you don't decide its "Positively Minnesota!" for you.

50 States: Minnesota State Symbols, Capital, Constitution....
http://www.50states.com/minnesot.htm
Look here for Minnesota state symbols, famous Minnesotans, and Fast Facts about Minnesota.

History of Minnesota
http://emuseum.mankato.msus.edu/history/mnstatehistory/index.shtml
Learn about the history - and prehistory - of Minnesota at Minnesota State University's EMuseum.

Minnesota Guide
http://newdeal.feri.org/guides/mn/cont.htm
Depression-Era history and guide to the State of Minnesota written for the Works Project Administration. Fun to read, but keep in mind that any "current statistics" quoted are from 1938.

Minnesota Historical Society
http://www.mnhs.org/
Information and photos about Minnesota and Minnesotans from 1850 to the present. Click on "Minnesota Territory, 1849-1858" for an interactive exhibit about the changing boundaries of Minnesota Territory, its early settlers, and a glimpse of what living in the Territory was like.

Minnesota Legislative Reference Library
http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/links/links.htm
Very useful site for finding current information about issues affecting Minnesotans.

North Star - Minnesota State Government Online
http://www.state.mn.us/
From a directory of state agencies to the call of a loon, you'll find it all here at Minnesota's official state home page.

Woodshed - The MINNESOTA Page
http://deckernet.com/minn/
Links to almost anything Minnesotan on the Web!