Minnesota - The US Explained

At the beginning of the journey of one of the world’s greatest rivers, sits Minnesota. In the country’s icy north, it’s charted an impressive journey of its own, today consistently ranking among the most livable states in the nation. A land of lakes great and small, of farms and forests, prairies and ports, here sit massive mines essential to the industrialization of America, the leafy neighborhoods of two major cities side-by-side, open rows of cornfields, and thousands of tranquil interlocking lakes you can explore by canoe. This is the US Explained, Episode 33 - Minnesota.