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Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum: University of Minnesota public garden and horticultural research facility near Chanhassen/Chaska, established 1958, 1,200 acres, about 700,000 annual visitors, known for cold-hardy plant breeding including Honeycrisp.
Minnesota Lynx
The Minnesota Lynx are a professional women's basketball team in Minneapolis that joined the WNBA in 1999 and won four championships under coach Cheryl Reeve.
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI, MMPI-2, MMPI-3) is an empirically keyed true-false personality and psychopathology test published by University of Minnesota Press since 1943, with 567-item MMPI-2 (1989) and 335-item MMPI-3 (2020) editions used in clinical, forensic, and public safety assessment.
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) is a 567-item true/false self-report test measuring adult personality and psychopathology, described as the most widely used personality test in psychological practice.
Minnesota North Stars
Minnesota North Stars, NHL expansion franchise (1967-1993) at the Met Center in Bloomington, predecessor of the Dallas Stars; Stanley Cup Finalist in 1981 and 1991, moved to Dallas by owner Norm Green in 1993.
Minnesota Starvation Experiment
Minnesota Starvation Experiment: Ancel Keys' 1944–1945 University of Minnesota study in which 36 WWII conscientious objectors underwent six months of ~1,500 kcal semi-starvation and refeeding, documenting starvation's physical and psychological effects.
Minnesota State Capitol
Minnesota State Capitol, Saint Paul's third statehouse, is a Renaissance Revival building designed by Cass Gilbert, opened January 2, 1905, with a self-supporting Georgia marble dome, the gilded Quadriga, and a $310 million 2013–2017 restoration.
Minnesota State Fair
Minnesota State Fair, the Great Minnesota Get-Together: annual 12-day state fair in Falcon Heights, Minnesota, run by the Minnesota Agricultural Society since 1859, with up to 2.13 million visitors, agriculture competitions, and food on a stick.
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Minnesota State University, Mankato (MNSU) is a public university in Mankato, Minnesota, founded in 1868 as Mankato Normal School. A Minnesota State system member with five colleges, NCAA hockey and Division II Mavericks teams, 14,000+ students, and HLC accreditation.
Minnesota sushi
Minnesota sushi is the nickname for pickle roll-ups: deli ham spread with cream cheese, wrapped around a dill pickle, sliced into rounds. Also called Midwest or Lutheran sushi; a Midwestern potluck staple, not actual sushi.
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves, NBA Western Conference franchise in Minneapolis since 1989-90, playing at Target Center. Three-time Western Conference Finals team (2004, 2024, 2025), no championship; Kevin Garnett and Anthony Edwards eras; owned via Lore/Rodriguez then Marc Stad.
Minnesota Twins
Minnesota Twins, MLB franchise in Minneapolis playing in the AL Central at Target Field since 2010; moved from Washington as the Senators in 1961, Pohlad family owners since 1984, 77-85 in 2026.
Minnesota United FC
Minnesota United FC (the Loons), MLS club in Saint Paul, Minnesota, joined MLS in 2017 as its 22nd team after NASL years as the Stars; plays at Allianz Field (opened 2019), owned by Bill McGuire.
Minnesota Vikings
Minnesota Vikings, NFL team in Minneapolis (NFC North), founded January 28, 1960, began play 1961. Won the 1969 NFL Championship and three NFC titles; lost all four Super Bowl appearances (IV, VIII, IX, XI).
Minnesota Vikings boat party scandal
Minnesota Vikings boat party scandal, the 2005 "Love Boat" incident: bye-week party on two Lake Minnetonka charter boats; four players charged with misdemeanors; Smoot and McKinnie pleaded guilty, Culpepper dismissed; 77-page team code of conduct followed.
Minnesota Wild
Minnesota Wild, NHL Western Conference ice hockey team in Saint Paul, Minnesota; franchise granted June 25, 1997, began play 2000-01; plays at Grand Casino Arena (formerly Xcel Energy Center); first playoff series win since 2015 came in 2026.
Minnesota Woman Suffrage Memorial
The Minnesota Woman Suffrage Memorial is a garden at the Minnesota State Capitol in Saint Paul honoring twenty-five Minnesota women who led the fight for the vote.
Minnesota's 5th congressional district
Minnesota's 5th congressional district covers Minneapolis and its inner suburbs, the state's smallest, densest district. Its DFL representatives include Keith Ellison (first Muslim in Congress, 2006) and Ilhan Omar (first Somali American, since 2019).
Minnesota's congressional districts
Minnesota's congressional districts: eight U.S. House districts (CD1 southern to CD8 northeastern Minnesota), two seats after 1860, ten after 1910, eight since 1960, court-drawn maps since 1980, split 4-4 in 2024.
Minnetta Theodora Taylor
Minnetta Theodora Taylor (1860–1911), American poet, linguist, and suffragist of Greencastle, Indiana; first editor of The Key and winner of the 1911 Woman Suffrage Party competition for "Ballot Song of American Women," the National Suffrage Anthem.
Minnie (มินนี่) (singer)
Minnie (มินนี่, Nicha Yontararak), born 1997 in Bangkok, is a Thai singer-songwriter and main vocalist of K-pop group (G)I-DLE, now i-dle, under Cube Entertainment; debuted 2018, first Thai idol at Cube, solo EP HER 2025.
Minnie Driver
Minnie Driver, English-American actress and singer born in London (1970), Oscar-nominated for Good Will Hunting (1997), Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated for The Riches, three albums, memoir Managing Expectations, and Princess Jane on Netflix's Emily in Paris.
Minnie Mills
Minnie Mills (born 2002, London) is a British-American actress and model known as Shayla in The Summer I Turned Pretty, a role written for her, and as Jen Yung in Netflix's Obliterated; Columbia neuroscience student.
Minnie Miñoso
Minnie Miñoso, born Saturnino Orestes Armas Miñoso in Perico, Cuba, was a Cuban outfielder who became the first acknowledged dark-skinned Latin American player in Major League Baseball.
Minnie Mouse
Minnie Mouse, Disney cartoon character and Mickey Mouse's girlfriend, debuted in Steamboat Willie (November 18, 1928) after the silent Plane Crazy; appeared in 74 cartoons, voiced by Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner, and Russi Taylor; original 1928 version entered US public domain January 1, 2024.
Minnie Pearl
Minnie Pearl was the stage character of Sarah Ophelia Colley Cannon, an American country comedian who performed on the Grand Ole Opry for more than fifty years.
Minnie Pwerle
Minnie Pwerle (about 1910 to 1922 to 2006) was an Australian Aboriginal artist of the Utopia region known for bold linear paintings of women's ceremony designs.
Minnie Riperton
Minnie Riperton (1947-1979), American soul singer from Chicago, famed for the five-octave voice and whistle register on the 1975 No. 1 hit "Lovin' You"; also Rotary Connection lead vocalist, Stevie Wonder protege, and breast cancer awareness advocate.
Minnie the Moocher
Minnie the Moocher, also "The Ho De Ho Song," is Cab Calloway and Irving Mills's 1931 jazz hit recorded March 3, 1931 on Brunswick 6074, famous for the scat "Hi-de-ho" call-and-response, drug slang lyrics, a million sales, and the 1932 Betty Boop cartoon.
Minnie Weisz
Minnie Weisz (Anna Alexandra "Minnie" Weisz), British photographic artist born 1972, sister of Rachel Weisz; known for turning derelict King's Cross buildings and European interiors into camera obscuras, documented with a medium format Hasselblad.