Together "Twin Cities" Minneapolis and state capital, St. Paul, paint a very urban picture that lacks not for cultural color nor pleasant parks with proximity to river, wilderness and Amish country for extra polish.

It might get downright cold in Minnesota in winter, but come summer the sensible holiday-maker knows to book a houseboat for an extended stay on either the Mississippi River or one of the state's northern lakes.

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