32nd State in the Union, but 1st in My Heart

              Bouquet toss

     snow fort, a Minnesota winter must 

Family picnic on the flats near the Washington Avenue Bridge

During my geography of Latin America lecture my professor talked about the appeal of my lovely state. to paraphrase:

Minnesota is a special place. Students who spend their undergraduate years in Minnesota will want to leave it for some new exciting place to be young adults. But eventually they want to settle down in Minnesota. 

This is one of the most reassuring things I have heard in college. 

the photos are from the Minnesota Historical Society's Visual Resources Database

http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresources/