The Minneapolis metro area's 18.3 million annual visitors makes it one of Forbes' 30 most-visited cities in the U.S. The Mall of America in Bloomington is the size of 78 football fields --- 9.5 million square feet. Minnesota Inventions: Masking and Scotch tape, Wheaties cereal, Bisquick, HMOs, the bundt pan, Aveda beauty products, and Green Giant vegetables Minneapolis is home to the oldest continuously running theater (Old Log Theater) and the largest dinner theater (Chanhassan Dinner Theater) in the country. The Minneapolis Sculpture Garden is the largest urban sculpture garden in the country. The Guthrie Theater is the largest regional playhouse in the country. Minneapolis’ famed skyway system connecting 52 blocks (nearly five miles) of downtown makes it possible to live, eat, work and shop without going outside. Minneapolis has more golfers per capita than any other city in the country. The climate-controlled Metrodome is the only facility in the country to host a Super Bowl, a World Series and a NCAA Final Four Basketball Championship. Minnesota has 90,000 miles of shoreline, more than California, Florida and Hawaii combined. Tonka Trucks were developed and are continued to be manufactured in Minnetonka. Minnesota has one recreational boat per every six people, more than any other state. Minneapolis is halfway between LA and NYC and accessible from nearly any city in the U.S. in 2.5 hours. The downtown area of Minneapolis is home to 30,000 people, which is more than Dallas, Denver, Houston and Indianapolis combined. Paul’s Summit Avenue was home to F. Scott Fitzgerald and Sinclair Lewis.