Bordered by Howe to the North, the Mississippi River to the East, Minnehaha Park and Minnehaha neighborhood to the South, and Ericsson and Standish to the West. This page is about the river in the United States; there is also a Canadian Mississippi River (Ontario). ... Minnehaha Falls Minnehaha Creek is a short tributary of the Mississippi River located in Hennepin County, Minnesota that extends from Lake Minnetonka in the west and flows east for 22 miles (35 km). ...
Minneapolis is the county seat of Hennepin County, Minnesota.
Minneapolis grew up around the Saint Anthony Falls, the only waterfall on the Mississippi River and the end of the commercially navigable section of the river until locks were installed in the 1960s.
In the 1980s, Minneapolis took its place as a center of the arts, with the Walker Arts Center leading the nation in appreciation of pop and postmodern art, and a diverse range of musicians, from Prince to Hüsker Dü to the Replacements leading the nation in musical innovation.
Minneapolis is the largest city in Minnesota and the county seat of Hennepin County.
Minneapolis grew up around the Falls of Saint Anthony, which are the highest falls on the Mississippi River and were the end of the commercially navigable section of the river until locks were installed in the 1960s.
Minneapolis is home of the original and by far the largest campus of the University of Minnesota, a Big Ten Conference university with more than 45,000 undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in the Twin Cities alone.