Minnesota

"Minnesota is a state in the Midwestern United States. ... The state is part of the U.S. region known as the Upper Midwest and part of North America's Great Lakes Region. It shares a Lake Superior water border with Michigan and a land and water border with Wisconsin to the east. Iowa is to the south, North Dakota and South Dakota are to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Manitoba are to the north. ... Saint Paul, located in east-central Minnesota along the banks of the Mississippi River, has been ... state capital since 1858. Saint Paul is adjacent to Minnesota's most populous city, Minneapolis; they and their suburbs are known collectively as the Twin Cities metropolitan area..." [Minnesota. Wikipedia]