MHE fair state of Minnesota has been christened "The Land of Ten Thousand Lakes," the aptness of which is impressed. upon the traveler as, whirling his way across the continent in his luxurious train, he passes countless lakes dotted with sailing craft and power boa ts. lakes whose shores slope gently down to sand beaches lakes that narrow into silvery streams and shadowy arbors, the canoeist's paradise.
It would be most pleasant, indeed, to tarry here—or to make an excursion into the rugged Arrowhead country to the north, but the visitor, following the route of the famous "Empire Builder," speeds on to Minneapolis, the commercial metropolis of its state and the greater of the pair of famed Twin Cities.
Minneapolis' is the greatest small-grain market in the world and rightly famous for its flour.
But Minneapolis is more than the "World's Miller"—it one of the loveliest residential cities of America. Here are extensive parks covering one-tenth of the city's area; here, too, are the Falls of St. Anthony, the Minnehaha Falls immortalized by Longfellow, and a chain of sparkling lakes linked by boulevards and waterways.
St. Paul, the other twin city, is picturesquely situated on.the many hills and bluffs that hem the Mississippi at the head of navigation.
On one such hill stands the state capitol; on another St. Paul's Cathedral. Visitors who stop at St. Patil visit the ancient Indian mounds, Sibley, Hduse, and the old round fort (1819) at Fort Snelling, famous army post.
3 Thus, the twin cities afford thoroughly modern and comfortable vacation facilities for the visitor.
Fine hotels, a: variety of choice restaurants and modern shops in the citi excursions for those with a penchant for exploration and sightseeing; sandy beaches and a host of beautiful lakes ideal for sailing whose fame has been sung both in poetry'and prose.
To those about to depart on Home or Long. Leave, the American Express offers its services gratis, in arranging a complete itinerary.
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