Minneapolis
Rank: 12
Population: 388,229

Known as the City of Lakes, Minneapolis has some the nation’s best parks and bodies of water. Add in the cold, and you get the local University of Minnesota’s combined eleven ice hockey national championships. Downtown Minneapolis beats the cold with a unique network of connected buildings, with the City Center mall at its core.

Bars: 97
Restaurants: 969
Museums: 21
Libraries: 25
Pro sports teams: 4
Park acres per 1,000 residents: 13
Colleges: 8
Percent with graduate degree: 12.5
Median household income: $64,095
Percent unemployed: 5.7