Up until about 30 years ago, there wasn’t much that made the North Star State — Minnesota — a destination for international tourists. It’s 10,000 lakes included. That all changed on August 11, 1992, when 10,000 people all had their first day of work in Bloomington, a suburb of the twin cities, at what would become one of the most popular tourist destinations in America, second only to Times Square.
This week, the Mall of America.
The Last Blockbuster
The Empire State Building
Somewhere Over Wamego: The Wizard of Oz Museum
Ben & Jerry‘s
Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve
Cahokia Mounds
The Albuquerque Hot Air Balloon Fiesta
City Light‘s Bookstore & The Beat Generation
Winter Island
House on the Rock
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
The PEZ Museum
Chicago's Museum Campus
The Heidelberg Project
The Georgia Peach Festival
Meow Wolf
The Kennedy Space Center
Lookout Mountain
The Best Places in America to Pee
The Nashville Parthenon
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