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Minnesota, United States
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Southern Minnesota is a region roughly south and west of the Twin Cities region of Minnesota.
The overwhelming majority of people in southern Minnesota commute via personal automobile.
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Albert Lea is a city of about 18,000 people (2010) in Southern Minnesota.
Austin is a city in Southern Minnesota.
Blue Earth is a city in Faribault County. Situated in the corn belt, Blue Earth is a small community with a population of under 4,000 residents and home to the 56 ft tall statue of the Jolly Green Giant.
Byron is a beautiful town in southeastern Minnesota. It is famous for its renowned Somerby Golf Club and Oxbow Park and Zollman Zoo.
Cannon Falls is a city of 4,100 people (2019) in Minnesota. Cannon Falls sits in the scenic Cannon Valley, at the junction of the Big and Little Cannon Rivers.
Darwin, Minnesota is home to the world's largest ball of twine.
Fairmont, also known as "the City of Lakes", is a small city in Martin County, Southern Minnesota. Fairmont is the county seat and there were about 10,000 people residing in the city in 2019.
Faribault (pronounced FAYR-boh) is a city in Southern Minnesota. It is the county seat of Rice County and located at the confluence of the Cannon and Straight rivers.
Jackson is a small town in Minnesota.
Lanesboro is a quaint tourist destination in Southern Minnesota nestled in a deep valley of the Root River.
Litchfield is a city of about 6,600 people (2018) in Southern Minnesota. Litchfield is among the largest of a series of "whistle stop" towns built along a railroad extending west from Minneapolis in the 19th century.
Luverne is a town in Southern Minnesota.
Madison is the county seat of Lac qui Parle County in Southern Minnesota.
Mankato (pronounced man-KAY-toh) is a city in Minnesota, USA, that exudes a college presence with several centers of higher learning, including Minnesota State University.
Marshall is a city in Minnesota.
Montevideo is in Southern Minnesota.
New Ulm is a prosperous small city in Southern Minnesota. It is the seat of Brown County, and had population of 14,000 in 2020.
Northfield is a city in Minnesota. Its major historical claim to fame is the "Defeat of Jesse James." It's also one of the best-smelling towns in America due to the local Malt-O-Meal factory.
Ortonville is in Southern Minnesota. It lies on Big Stone Lake, and is across the lake from Big Stone City, South Dakota.
Owatonna is a city in Southern Minnesota.
Pipestone is a city in southwestern Minnesota. It is the seat of Pipestone County and has a population of 4554.
Red Wing is a beautiful little town in Minnesota, set among the bluffs along the Mississippi River, about 50 miles southeast of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul.
Redwood Falls is a city in Southern Minnesota.
Rochester, Minnesota, about 80 miles (130 km) southeast of Minneapolis/St. Paul, is home to the Mayo Clinic.
Blue Mounds State Park, in southwestern Minnesota, consists of more than 2,000 acres (810 hectares), mostly tallgrass prairie, but also including a small man-made lake and some woods.
Flandrau State Park is located along the Cottonwood River in the southern part of Minnesota, on the outskirts of New Ulm.
Pipestone National Monument is a United States national monument in Southern Minnesota.
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