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CN Traveler: The 50 Best Places to Visit in the U.S. This Year
No passport required.
By Caitlin Morton
Minnesota
Best thing to do in Minnesota: Join the Minneapolis bandwagon
Minneapolis, an open secret of a city, was put firmly under the spotlight with the arrival of Super Bowl LII in 2018, but there are a few reasons we're still visiting long after the Eagles went home. A few examples: the best parks system in the whole country, as determined by the Trust for Public Land's 2017 ParkScore Index; an exciting food scene with 13 James Beard Award semifinalists; and Prince's Paisley Park Museum, which opened in 2017 in nearby Chanhassen. Mary Tyler Moore was onto something all along.