There are numerous internet sites dedicated to Minneapolis, so rather than duplicate their efforts, MN Realty Web would like to offer this quick overview with some of our own ideas and images. Just some of the corporations located in Minneapolis include Dayton-Hudsons, Cargill, Pillsbury and Super Valu. It's also the first Basilica in the United States, honored by Pope Pius XI in 1926. It has been named to the National Register of Historic Places. Downtown Minneapolis offers something for every shopper.
Shops range from corner drug stores to elegant department stores.
Rounded out by art galleries, boutiques and a great variety of restaurants, shopping downtown is diverse and easy. The Minneapolis Aquatennial , the country's oldest summertime festival, takes place every year in July. The Nicolett Mall lights up with the annual Holidazzle parade . Floats and popular childrens' characters done up in lights cruise the mall during the evenings from late November through Dec. 30. Parks and Recreation Minneapolis has nearly 170 parks that cover more than 6,300 acres of land and water.