Minnetonka /ˌmɪnᵻˈtɒŋkə/ MIN-i-TONG-kə is a suburban city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, eight miles (13 km) west of Minneapolis. The population was 49,734 at the 2010 census. The word "Minnetonka" comes from the Dakota Indian mni tanka meaning "great water".
Population: 49,734
Latitude: 44° 54' 47.88" N
Longitude: -93° 30' 11.84" W
Mayo Clinic Square (formerly known as Block E) is the name of a block in downtown Minneapolis bounded by Hennepin Avenue, 6th Street, 7th Street, and 1st Avenue North. It is part of the Downtown West neighborhood in Minneapolis. It is one block sout…
Totino-Grace High School is a private, Catholic high school in Fridley, Minnesota.
The Minneapolis Thanksgiving Day fire destroyed two buildings, covering an entire block of Downtown Minneapolis on November 25–26, 1982: the 16-story headquarters of Northwestern National Bank (now Wells Fargo) and the vacant, partially demolished l…
Midway Stadium is the name of two different minor league baseball parks in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, one now demolished and the other still in active use. The name derives from the location of the stadium in St.
The Metropolitan Building, originally known as the Northwestern Guaranty Loan Building, is considered to be one of the most architecturally significant structures in the history of Minneapolis, Minnesota. It stood from 1890 until it was torn down st…
Mendota is a city in Dakota County, Minnesota, United States. The name is derived from the Dakota language, meaning "mouth or junction of one river with another.
Long Lake is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States.
The Hennepin Avenue Bridge is the structure that carries Hennepin County State Aid Highway 52, Hennepin Avenue, across the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota at Nicollet Island. Officially, it is the Father Louis Hennepin Bridge, in honor o…
Great River Energy is an electric transmission and generation cooperative in the U.S. state of Minnesota; it is the state's second largest electric utility, based on generating capacity, and the fifth largest generation and transmission cooperative …
The Children's Theatre Company (formerly known as The Moppet Players from 1961 to 1965) is a regional theatre established in 1965 in Minneapolis, Minnesota specializing in plays for families, young audiences and the very young and the recipient of a…
Carver is a city in Carver County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 3,724 at the 2010 census.
Wild Thing, located at the Valleyfair amusement park in Shakopee, Minnesota, is a steel out-and-back roller coaster with more than one mile (1.6 km) of track. Its first hill is 207 feet (63 m) with a 60 degree drop, and reaches speeds of up to 74 mp…
The Midtown Greenway is a 5.7-mile (9.2 km) rail trail in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Corcoran is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States.
Independent School District 196 is a K-12 public school district located in the south suburban Twin Cities, near both Minneapolis and St.
The AT&T Tower is a 464-foot (141 m) tall skyscraper in Minneapolis, located on the corner of Marquette Avenue and 9th Street South. It was completed in 1991 and has 34 floors. It houses offices of AT&T, Nuveen Investments, Field Nation ,the headqua…
Watertown is a city in Carver County, Minnesota, along the South Fork of the Crow River.
Victoria is a city in Carver County, Minnesota, United States.