As the summer continues and tourists travel on weekend vacations. Here are three different cities in the Midwest that attract many tourists during the summer months.
Duluth, Minnesota Population as of 2012: 86,211 Square Miles: 87.43 Year Founded: 1857 Sister Cities: Petrozavodsk, Ohara, Thunger Pay, Ontario Number of schools post high school: 6 Some Notable People: Kara Goucher, David Oreck (founder of Oreck Corporation), Trampled by Turtles Airport Passengers per year: 312,000 (2012) Average house income: $35,341 (2009) Average Temperature in January: -2.2°F Average Temperature in July: 77.1°F Random Fact: Duluth opened the first modern indoor mall in the United States when The Lake View Store opened in 1915. Summer Activities: paddle board, canoe, hiking, camping, biking, Spirit mountain, Encounter skate park, park point beach, canal park, skyline parkway, Enger Park and Tower, Jay cooke State park, Duluth Zoo, Great Lakes Aquarium , Glensheen Mansion
Minneapolis, Minnesota Population as of 2012: 392,880 Square Miles: 58.4 Year Founded: 1867 Sister Cities: Najaf, Cuernavaca Uppsala, Eldoret, Harbin, Tours, Novosibirsk, Ibaraki, Kuopio, Santiago Number of schools post high school: 27 Notable People: Prince, Charles Schulz, Earl Bakken (founder of Medtronic) Airport Passengers per year: 33,897,335 (2013) Average house income: $45,538 (2009) Average Temperature in January: 15.6°F Average Temperature in July: 73.8°F Random Fact: According to a study done by Central Connecticut State University, Minneapolis is the third-most literate city in America. Summer Activities: Water sports in the Mississippi River, Como Park Zoo, Art a whirl, Sculpture gardens, Farmers Markets, Fringe Festival, Minnehaha Falls, Theodore Wirth Park, Loring Park
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Population as of 2012: 598,916 Square Miles: 96.8 Year Founded: 1846 Sister Cities: Bialystok, Carora, Galway, Patiala, Kanpur, Manisa, Morogoro, Nuevitas, Tiberias, Schwerin, uMhlathuze, Maebashi Nishi Number of schools post high school: 27 Notable People: Jack Finney, Dan Jansen, Les Paul Airport Passengers per year: Milwaukee: 6,525,181 (2013) Average house income: $34,868 (2009) Average Temperature in January: 28°F Average Temperature in July: 81°F Random Fact: The New York Times named Milwaukee-brewed Sprecher Root Beer as the best tasting in all of America. Summer Activities: Ride River boat, pedal tavern, beach, summer festivals, walk the river in Riverside Park, Lake Park, The Monarch Trail, Milwaukee Art Museum, Discovery World, Pabst Mansion, Harley-Davidson Museum, visit one of the ten breweries in the city