Mall of America is a shopping mall located in the Twin Cities suburb of Bloomington. The mall opened its doors to the public June 9, 1992. It is just southeast of the junction of Interstate 494 and Minnesota State Highway 77, and is across the interstate from the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.Over 520 stores are arranged along three levels of pedestrian walkways on the sides of the rectangle, with a fourth level on one side. An addition planned north of the mall will bring store amount up to 900. Four "anchor" department stores are located at the corners. The Mall is organized into 4 different zones, each with its own decorative style. The Park at MOA is an indoor theme park in the center of the mall, and is formerly known as Camp Snoopy. The park features two roller coasters, among numerous other rides and attractions, and is the largest indoor theme park in the United States. Despite Minnesota's sub-zero temperatures in the winter, only the mall's entrances are heated. Heat is allowed in through skylights above The Park at MOA. Heat is produced by lighting fixtures, other electric devices and also by employees and guests of the mall in sufficient amounts to keep it comfortable.

Great Lakes Aquarium is the only aquarium in the United States that focuses on freshwater exhibits. It is housed in a three-story building in Duluth, Minnesota on the shores of Lake Superior and has numerous large and smaller satellite tanks that comprise the 120,000 gallon facility. Construction took 3.5 years and cost around $34 million.. All of the main exhibits of the 62,000 square foot Great Lakes Aquarium are based upon actual habitats in the Lake Superior basin. "Slices" of the St. Louis River, Baptism River, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Kakagon Slough, Isle Royale and Otter Cove can all be viewed up close. Holt Hinshaw had the original vision and Hammel, Green and Abrahamson, Inc. made it a reality. An office area at the rear of the first floor has been cleared out to host birthday parties and other pre-arranged events. There is an incredible harbor view from this area to say the least. When visitors enter the museum, they are encouraged to ride the escalator to the upper level first through Sensory Immersion Experience and continue onto the lower level later.

The Cathedral of Saint Paul is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the city of St Paul. It is the co-cathedral of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis along with the Basilica of Saint Mary in Minneapolis. One of the most distinctive cathedrals in the United States, it sits on Summit Hill overlooking downtown St Paul and features a distinctive copper-clad dome. The current building opened in 1915 as the fourth cathedral of the archdiocese to bear this name. The design was inspired by French Renaissance architecture. The dome of the cathedral is 96 feet in diameter and 175 feet high. Warm-colored paint and gold leaf were added during a major renovation of the dome in the 1950s. The exterior walls of the cathedral are Rockville granite from St. Cloud, Minnesota. The interior walls are American Travertine from Mankato, Minnesota. The interior columns are made of several types of marble. The interior is illuminated by twenty-four stained glass windows featuring angelic choirs. There is also a rose window in the transept designed by Charles Connick.

The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, usually simply called The Metrodome or The Dome, and often nicknamed the Homerdome, is a domed sports stadium in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. It replaced Metropolitan Stadium, which was on the current site of the Mall of America in Bloomington, and Memorial Stadium on the University of Minnesota campus. It is the only public stadium in the United States that does not rely on a continuing tax subsidy to finance operations, maintenance or debt payments. The Metrodome is the only venue to host a MLB All-Star Game (1985), a Super Bowl (1992), an NCAA Final Four (1992 & 2001), and a World Series (1987 & 1991). The Metrodome has been recognized as one of the loudest domed venues in which to view a game, due in part to the fact sound is recycled throughout the stadium because of the domed roof. Stadium loudness is a hot sports marketing issue, as the noise lends the home team a home advantage against the visiting team.