With its lakes, forests and areas of wilderness, Minnesota is a superb holiday destination for anyone looking for outdoor activities such as water sports or hiking. It has the second largest population of timber wolves in the USA, and wildlife lovers may also spot moose, black bears, whitetail deer and bald eagles.

Minnesota's state parks are open all the year round, so it's the ideal location whether you are looking for fishing, hiking or winter sports. If it's cycling you're interested in, head for the Paul Bunyan State Trail. The Oliver Kelley Farm is an unusual kind of attraction, as it is a living history museum where the staff dress and carry out farming activities as they would have done in the nineteenth century. Birdwatchers visiting in November should head for Brownsville Overlook or Weaver Bottoms to catch the wonderful sight of migrating tundra swans. For the golf enthusiast, there are more than five hundred courses. In north-eastern Minnesota, Wild North is a group of ten golf courses including the Superior National at Lutsen, with views over Lake Superior, and the Legend at Giants Ridge.