Minneapolis
Worth seeing in and around Minneapolis
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01University of Minnesota
Public research university in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
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Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Getting to Minneapolis
- Airports
- Minneapolis–Saint Paul / Wold–Chamberlain Field (MSP), 12 km
- Des Moines → Minneapolis377 km · quickest by road, 5h 37m · $31–43
- Chicago → Minneapolis571 km · quickest by air, 5h 14m · $210–310
- Omaha → Minneapolis468 km · quickest by air, 4h 22m · $150–230
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Minneapolis
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Minneapolis. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundTour operators from as far away as Japan organize charter flights and hotel bookings for the single purpose of experiencing "The Mall".
- Get aroundIt's a day trip in itself, but not for the thrifty.
- Get aroundIf you're here between Memorial Day and Labor Day, rent a canoe at Bde Maka Ska (stop at the nearby Lunds grocery on Lake Street for picnic materials) and see four lakes, three enchanting sheltered canals, two islands, and one classic creosote-tastic railroad trestle from a duck's eye view.
- Get aroundThe larger Twin Cities area also offers a good mix of off-road bike trails; for example one can bike from Chaska to St.
- Get aroundA variety of maps show the web of on and off-road routes that span the greater metropolitan area.
From Wikivoyage: Minneapolis, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Minneapolis
Minneapolis is 14 km from Saint Paul, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Hilltopcity in Minnesota, United States8.3 km
- St. Anthonycity in Hennepin and Ramsey counties, Minnesota, United States5.8 km
- Southwestcommunity in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA6.3 km
- Dinkytowncommercial district in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States2.2 km
- Uptowncommercial district in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States4.4 km
- Sewardneighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States3.3 km