20 Reasons We Love Minnesota
Feed your need for arts and culture in the Twin Cities, or connect with the great outdoors along one of many wooded lakes.
Minnesota's bear market
Think our winters are a bear? In Apple Valley (about 20 miles south of Minneapolis), the Minnesota Zoo's recently opened $24 million Russia's Grizzly Coast offers a taste of Siberia. (800) 366-7811; mnzoo.com
Steaming geysers and erupting volcanoes evoke the wild Russian Far East, and you'll watch 1,000-pound grizzlies roam the Apple Valley grounds and catch live trout. (Neighbors in the exhibit include sea otters, leopards and wild boar.)
More than 200 miles north, Ely's North American Bear Center offers an educational center and rehab facility for injured and orphaned bears named Ted, Honey and Lucky. (218) 365-7879; bear.org
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