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Where Twin Cities is part of the world-wide network of Where magazines that travelers across the globe use to make the most out of their stays. Each year 237 million travelers trust Where for up-to-date information on where to go and what to see in more than 100 cities worldwide. The Twin Cities greets more than 32 million visitors each year, spending $7.5 billion annually. Don’t miss the most effi cient way to reach the visitor market!

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Where Twin Cities is the most effi cient way to reach the visitor market and is a quarterly guidebook- style magazine that visitors can take with them when they explore the city and use to fi nd the city’s top restaurants, shops, shows, attractions, exhibits, tours and more. With extensive maps and information-rich content, Where Twin Cities is the only local guide for both travelers and concierges.

OUR READERS QUICK FACTS Where Twin Cities readers are in the market actively • The Twin Cities greets more than 27.9 million visitors each year. seeking information on where to dine, shop and play. • 80% visit for leisure and 20% visit for business. • 73% of visitors return within 3 years, averaging 6.9 visits over 3 years. 24.6% of visitors use printed visitor guides once they are in their • 80% travel by car for an average one-way distance of 311 miles destination – a 60% increase over those who use visitors guides • Average visitor age: 18-34, 26%; 35-54, 37%; 55+, 36% before they leave for their trip. Of those using visitors guides: • Average visitor income: $80,000 • 72% of visitors are married • 80% seek information on attractions • Average number of hotel nights per trip: 3.1 • 67.3% fi nd advertisements to be helpful to their trip planning SOURCES: EXPLORE MINNESOTA TOURISM, MARCH 2016; 2008 DAVIDSON-PETERSON ASSOCIATES TOURISM SURVEY; MEET MINNEAPOLIS STUDY 2011 AND 5/2013 Source:2014 The State of American Travel survey

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Special Edition MY TWIN CITIES: BROUGHT TO YOU BY PETER MOE —43% MY TWIN CITIES: HOT MAYOR BETSY HODGES DATES GOOD LIBATIONS: General Malls—26% TWIN CITIES MIXOLOGY Gifts/Souvenirs—14% Arts/Antiques—12% Y RYDER CUP | TWIN CITIES THE AREA’S BEST PUBLIC GOLF COURSES GREAT NORTHERN GOLF TRAIL Watching the pros play isn’t always enough— CHASKA TOWN COURSE Staying past the Ryder Cup for your own Museums + Attractions sometimes you have to get out and hit the Consider this Hazeltine’s sibling course, golf adventure? The Great Northern links yourself. We selected a few of our a challenging but approachable course Golf Trail takes you on a tour of some favorites within close proximity to Hazeltine designed by Arthur Hills that spans 285 of Minnesota’s greatest courses, National Golf Club. acres of prairie and marshlands. including Legends Golf Club and The » chaskatowncourse.com Wilds Golf Club in the Twin Cities metro, Sightseeing—45% LEGENDS GOLF CLUB 18-hole weekend rate: $69 then straight north to The Classic at Imagine a 360-acre course designed by Gill location: Chaska, 3 miles from Hazeltine; Madden’s and Cragun’s Legacy Golf Miller, complete with an 8,000-square- 23 miles from Mall of America Courses. More courses await in the foot practice green, a 66,500-square-foot accolades: 23rd Best Municipal Golf picturesque, northeast corner of the driving range, and a 30-acre lake that Course in the U.S. (Golf Week) state at The Wilderness at Forest complements 20 acres of natural wetlands Bay and more. 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Hazeltine; 18 miles from Mall of America » prestwick.com accolades: No. 7 Best Public Course in 18-hole weekend rate: $50-55 Minnesota (Golf.com, 2014) location: Woodbury, 41 miles from Art Museums—21% Hazeltine; 20 miles from Mall of America University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum BRAEMAR GOLF COURSE accolades: Top 3 Best Public Golf Since 1963, Braemar Golf Course has Experiences in Minnesota (, provided manicured greens and fairways, 2013) soft hills and lake views while fi lling out NATURALLY MINNESOTA its 500 acres with 27 regulation holes. RUSH CREEK GOLF CLUB Get back to nature in and around Chaska and Bloomington. With acres of parks and reserves, The front nine is the longest and most With a reputation as a public course with a challenging, while the back nine is more private feel, Rush Creek Golf Club has a 72- trails and waterways, wildlife and plant species, there’s no better place to enjoy the great outdoors. relaxed, and the new scenic nine will par course designed by Bob Cupp and John Entertainment AARON W HAUTALA AARON W HAUTALA challenge your accuracy. Fought that showcases a variety of terrain to MINNESOTA VALLEY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA » braemargolf.com keep you on your toes for each hole. Sweeping through the Minnesota River Valley, the Minnesota Valley LANDSCAPE ARBORETUM 18-hole weekend rate: $42 » rushcreek.com National Wildlife Refuge brings wildlife and free outdoor recreation to More than 5,000 plant species, off-the-beaten-path natural habitats location: Edina, 16 miles from Hazeltine; 9 18-hole weekend rate: $59-119 Amusement Parks—23% Bloomington’s doorstep. From the visitor center—located right across and several artistic sculpture attractions await you at the University miles from Mall of America location: Maple Grove, 26 miles from the street from area hotels—follow trailhead signs into the valley and of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. The 1,100-acre expanse of Accolades: Golf Range Association of Hazeltine; 29 miles from Mall of America see a wide range of migratory birds, fi sh streams, eagles and more. natural area, gardens and America Top 50 Range in the Stand Alone accolades: Best Public Golf Course in the » 3815 American Blvd. E., Bloomington, 952-854-5900, displays is less than 10 Category (2015), Top 75 Public Golf City (Forbes, 2012) fws.org/refuge/minnesota_valley minutes north of Hazeltine City Secret: Courses in the Nation (Golf Digest) urban oasis National Golf Club. LEFT COURTESY LEGENDS GOLF CLUB RIGHT LEFT COURTESY LEGENDS GOLF CLUB RIGHT JAPANESE GARDEN AT NORMANDALE » 3675 Arboretum Drive, Closer to downtown Minneapolis is the Chain COMMUNITY COLLEGE Chaska, 952-443-1400, Legends Golf Club Nightlife/Entertainment—21% Renew mind and body at this two-acre oasis located on Normandale arboretum.umn.edu of Lakes—a series of beautiful Community College’s campus in lakes with 13.3 miles of pathways Bloomington. Open year-round City Secret: HYLAND LAKE interlaced between them. If fast- WELCOME TO THE BIKE STATE and free of charge, the Japanese nature’s PARK RESERVE moving water is more your pace, Thousands of miles of paved bike trails wind Garden is the perfect place playground This scenic retreat in the travel due east of downtown through the state of Minnesota—4,000 miles to stroll, observing peaceful If an indoor garden heart of Bloomington features to Minnehaha Falls—an urban to be exact. Explore the Twin Cities on two streams with Koi and plentiful oasis is more your liking, prairie landscapes, waterfront waterfall that inspired Henry wheels, pedaling your way along major paths Professional Sports—9% fl owers that grow in the garden. try the Marjorie McNeely views of Hyland Lake, an 18- Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem like the Grand Rounds Scenic Byway and » 9700 France Ave. S., Conservatory in St. Paul’s hole disc golf course, hiking “Song of Hiawatha.” Midtown Greenway, as well as Bloomington- Bloomington, 952-358-8200, Como Park. There you will trails and more. Visit the area bike paths in Hyland Lake Park Reserve normandale.edu/community/ also fi nd the admission-free Richardson Nature Center, an interpretive center in the middle of the Area, Minnesota Valley State Recreation japanese-garden Como Zoo. park, to learn about the abounding environment around you, or walk Area and more. For a plethora of cycling around beautiful Normandale Lake during peak fall foliage. information, visit exploreminnesota.com/ Fairs/Music Festivals—7% » 10145 Bush Lake Road, Bloomington, 763-694-7687, threeriversparks.org PHOTOOLSON DON PHOTOOLSON DON pedalmn. 24 WHERE TWIN CITIES FALL 2016 visit-twincities.com WHERE TWIN CITIES 25 Concerts/Shows—6% WHERE_Ryder_0916.indd 24 8/26/16 1:37 PM WHERE_Ryder_0916.indd 25 8/26/16 11:11 AM Sources: Meet Minneapolis study, 2013; U of M tourism center study, 2012

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