I found an old blog post entitled "100 Things I Love About America" and it inspired me to try to come up with my own list of the 100 Things I Love About Minnesconsin (keep in mind that this is especially challenging in January). So far, I've got 66. I think I need some help for the other 34.

1. Church brats
2. Four seasons
3. The fact that "No" is a two syllable word
4. Meat raffles
5. Spotted Cow
6. The Dalles of the St Croix River
7. TYME machines
8. Frozen lakes dotted with ice fishing shanties
9. Farmer's Markets
10. Duck, Duck, Grey Duck

11. Point Beer
12. Bon Iver
13. The Grain Belt beer sign at the Hennepin Ave. bridge
14. The "Sieve" chant
15. Fish Frys
16. Apostle Islands
17. 30 degree "heat waves"
18. Bockfest (multiple locations)
19. Saddle Mound
20. Summerfest
21 "On Wisconsin"
22. Indian Summer
23. The crack of melting ice
24. Tailgating
25. St. Anthony Falls
26. Wild rice
27. The sparkle of fresh snow
28. Corn on the cob
29. State Street
30. Light blue August skies
31. The first Leinie's Summer Shandy of spring
32. Polite drivers
33. Cheese Curds (fried)
34. Cheese Curds (fresh)
35. The Current
36. Beer tents
37. Devil's Lake
38. The Wisconsin Capitol building
39. Buying liquor on a Sunday (Wisconsin)
40. Sampling liquor in a store (Minnesota)
41. Lambeau Field
42. The Stone Arch Bridge
43. Outdoor baseball
44. The Skyway
45. Surly Coffee Bender
46. The Alpine Valley parking lot
47. Paul Westerberg
48. Minnesota State Fair
49. Maple syrup
50. Hot dishes
51. Wisconsin Dells
52. The Great Lakes
53. Dive bars with old Schiltz Beer signs
54. Polkas, especially the the "Too Fat" polka
55. The Rudolph grotto
56. Kringle
57. Piggly Wiggly
58. The horsey section at both Fleet Farm and Farm & Fleet
59. Sheepshead
60. Ice roads
61. Bars along lakes & rivers
62. Cranberries
63. State Parks
64. The "Bears Love Honey" Leinie's billboards on I-94
65. Bong Recreational Area
66. Donnay Farm chevre